About Reva
Reva Sears is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She draws on 12 years of experience to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, or depression. She focuses on practical, day-to-day tools that people can use right away.
Sessions aim to clarify what feels most urgent, build small steps toward change, and strengthen coping skills for life transitions. Reva adapts the conversation to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
Background and approach
Her work also covers concerns linked to aging and caregiver stress, difficulties with attachment or relationship patterns, and broader issues like guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. She supports people who struggle with communication, control, commitment, or emotional numbness.
Reva pays attention to safety and risk, including self-harm and personality disorder patterns, while helping people find ways to manage intense feelings. She aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for honest conversation. People who start therapy with her usually begin by identifying a few clear goals.
From there she and the person discuss practical steps, adjust strategies as needed, and track progress over time. Reva encourages steady improvements rather than quick fixes.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Reva uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills through structured practice and problem solving; this helps with anxiety, stress, and managing day-to-day challenges. Another approach concentrates on identifying unhelpful thinking and shifting it toward more balanced perspectives, which can ease low mood and increase motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on how things are going. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what a person needs and prefers.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to follow up between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English