- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Nuri
Nuri Chaves is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with ten years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, anger, depression, and parenting challenges. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what matters most to each person.
He blends evidence-informed approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with attachment-based and client-centered work.
Background and approach
That means he helps clients notice unhelpful thinking, clarify values, and strengthen important relationships. The work often mixes skills practice with honest conversation about patterns and feelings. Nuri also brings experience in coaching to help clients make concrete life changes.
That can mean setting manageable goals, building routines, or finding ways to follow through on commitments. He aims to keep steps small and realistic so progress feels doable. Many people come for help with big life transitions, grief, intimacy, or struggles with self-esteem and burnout.
He also supports those managing ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, chronic illness, or caregiving strain. Sessions are adapted to each person’s needs and pace. He offers services in English and Spanish and works with international clients.
Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. If someone prefers a compassionate, straightforward approach, he helps map the path forward.
What Nuri works with
Everything Nuri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nuri helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nuri lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Nuri’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses on building small habits and making space for difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, teaches practical skills to change thinking patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it shows how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together so it feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by a licensed professional using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth or easier on busy days, and chat or text work well for short check-ins or when scheduling flexibility is needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving routines while keeping the focus on practical change and progress.
Questions people ask about Nuri
What kinds of concerns does Nuri address?
Nuri works with stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, anger, depression, parenting issues, intimacy concerns, grief, and related areas such as self-esteem and career transitions.
What is the therapy style like?
He blends practical skills with talk-based work. Sessions are collaborative, direct, and focused on real-life steps people can take between meetings.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has ten years of experience in the mental health field, including work that integrates coaching and clinical care.
What credentials and region are listed?
He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and practices from that region.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and he also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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