About Augustine
Dr. Augustine Bessong is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 22 years of clinical experience. He brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and relationship concerns.
He aims to listen closely and work alongside each person as they decide what change looks like for them. He uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Sessions often include exploring patterns that cause distress, trying new ways to respond, and setting small goals that fit daily life. He emphasizes respect, acceptance, and avoiding stigmatizing labels while tailoring the plan to each person’s needs. Dr.
Bessong draws from several approaches to meet a range of concerns, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive techniques, and emotionally focused work. That mix allows him to address symptoms like anxiety or sleep trouble and also look at how relationships, self-worth, and past hurts influence current problems.
People who choose him often want a therapist who listens actively and helps them take practical steps forward. He supports clients dealing with grief, addictions, parenting strain, career stress, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue, among other issues. Sessions can include coaching-style conversations as well as longer reflective work.
He encourages clients to be the driver in therapy while he helps shape options and keeps progress on track.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Dr. Bessong often blends attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques in his work. Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationship patterns shape trust and closeness, and they help people understand and change ways of relating that cause pain. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, or sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss goals, preferences, and how you respond to different methods, then shape a plan that fits your needs. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize emotional processing, practical skill-building, or a mix of both.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video helps with face-to-face interaction, phone calls can fit a quick check-in or lower bandwidth needs, and messaging formats work for shorter updates or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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