About Rabaya
Rabaya Rahman is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, and struggles with addiction. Rabaya focuses on practical steps that can make daily life easier and more manageable.
She uses a client-centered style that keeps the person’s needs at the center of sessions. Rabaya also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are used to build immediate coping skills and small, achievable goals. With eight years of experience, Rabaya aims to create a warm and collaborative space. She listens closely and works with each person to set clear, realistic goals.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented rather than purely academic. Rabaya pays attention to how background and relationships affect daily functioning. She addresses attachment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and family of origin problems.
She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, and problems tied to immigration and cultural adjustment. Therapy may include motivational interviewing to increase readiness for change, especially around substance use and other addictive behaviors. Rabaya emphasizes building on strengths and developing practical skills that fit into everyday life.
How Rabaya Uses Therapy Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarifies goals for change, which can be especially useful when dealing with stress, grief, or relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build healthier habits, useful for anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
Rabaya will work collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She will check in about goals and preferences and adjust methods as therapy progresses. Finding the right fit is treated as a shared process rather than a single decision.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to exchange notes and coping strategies between synchronous meetings, or to have brief check-ins when schedules are tight.
These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in daily life while working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English