Robert Curriden, LMHC

Robert Curriden is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with four years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are facing depression, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and struggles with motivation. He aims to listen first and help clients build on their own strengths so they can move toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.

He believes the client is the expert on their life and works to create a collaborative space. Sessions are meant to be practical and straightforward. People can expect to talk through specific problems and leave with concrete steps to try between meetings.

Counseling often includes looking at how past relationships and attachment patterns affect current wellbeing. Cognitive tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them against real situations. Skills from dialectical behavior therapy can support emotional regulation and crisis coping when stress peaks.

Robert also addresses life transitions such as career changes, grief, parenting strain, and challenges linked to neurodiversity or traumatic brain injury. He pays attention to isolation, codependency, and issues that can follow from shame or family of origin wounds.

People who are LGBT, hearing impaired, or who manage intellectual disability have been listed among his focus areas, and he aims to adapt work to individual needs. Sessions are conducted in English and are grounded in respect, clear goals, and step-by-step planning.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice repeated ways of relating and try small changes to feel safer in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; it breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches practical experiments to test new ideas. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for handling strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and managing impulsive behavior when life feels overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on attachment patterns, cognitive skills, emotion regulation, or a combination of methods to meet those goals.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten commute time, or allow for brief check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use techniques such as behavioral experiments or homework more directly between meetings to test what helps in everyday settings.