About Berekat
Berekat Petros is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of clinical experience. He practices in Florida and works in English and Amharic. He helps people who are coping with mood concerns, stress, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and ADHD-related challenges.
He meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps that can be used between sessions. Berekat uses straightforward conversation to identify patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
He then helps people try new ways of thinking and acting that can reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. In sessions he blends talk-based approaches with structured tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides clear ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and test them.
Mindfulness-based methods teach simple skills for staying present and managing strong emotions. He also draws on client-centered listening to make the space feel respectful and nonjudgmental. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help with change but feel unsure where to begin.
Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable goals and track progress over time. Berekat has worked with people facing complicated and long-standing concerns as well as life transitions and acute stress. He keeps language direct and practical, and he encourages steady progress rather than overnight fixes.
People who want clear steps and a collaborative plan may find his style useful.
How Berekat’s approaches work online
Berekat commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in his online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments, which can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related difficulties, and mood swings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus during stressful moments.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, and then together they will choose techniques to try. The plan can change over time based on what the person finds useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for a full session with visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can serve for brief check-ins or when someone prefers typing. These options make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Florida
- Languages
- English, Amharic
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