About Howard
Dr. Howard Chusid is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 16 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar symptoms, addiction, grief, and stress.
He also works with concerns tied to relationships, parenting, career questions, sleep, anger, and self-esteem. He brings a practical style to sessions and favors clear, goal-focused conversations. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people identify small changes that add up.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize what a person can do between meetings and how to build on small wins. His background includes work with people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, workplace problems, and financial strain. He also has experience supporting those coping with trauma, post-traumatic stress, impulsivity, and social anxiety.
That range informs a flexible approach that adapts to the problem at hand. Clients can expect conversations that combine practical problem solving with emotional support. The therapist aims to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and track progress over time.
He makes space for discussion about family conflict, separation, and mediation-related concerns when needed. Dr. Chusid works with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and he accepts international clients.
He explains credentials as LMHC, which stands for licensed mental health counselor, and practices in Florida. The focus is on usable steps clients can take toward feeling better.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Dr. Chusid commonly uses cognitive behavioral approaches that help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is practical and often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by breaking problems into manageable steps.He also draws on solution-focused techniques that concentrate on goals and what is working now. This approach helps people set clear, short-term objectives and build on small successes to create momentum in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as needs change. Clients and the therapist review progress together and shift strategies when something isn’t helping.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have a session that feels close to in-person meetings, while phone sessions are helpful when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing problem-solving, and quick follow-ups between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English