Oscar Chavira Jr.

Oscar Chavira Jr. is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with five years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people manage anger and mood concerns while treating each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. He aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supportive.

Oscar adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person's needs. He listens for what matters most and builds practical steps people can try between sessions. Expect straightforward skills and tools to help with strong emotions, mood swings, and day-to-day stress.

He uses approaches that emphasize learning new habits and coping strategies. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing skills to handle intense feelings and impulses. The work is collaborative and paced to what someone can handle.

People most often bring worry, depression, grief, addiction concerns, or challenges around self-esteem and life changes. Oscar also works with issues such as trauma, panic, bipolar concerns, and process addictions. He aims to help people regain more control over reactions and find clearer direction.

Practical plans and real-world practice are central to his style. He supports people as they try new ways of responding, notice progress, and adjust when needed. The goal is better coping and clearer decision making over time.

How CBT and DBT inform online work

Oscar uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into concrete parts and builds short, practical exercises to try between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and stronger interpersonal skills. DBT teaches step-by-step coping strategies for intense feelings and impulsive actions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review your goals and preferences and suggest CBT, DBT, or a mix based on what seems most useful. That decision is collaborative and may change as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Many people find that remote sessions fit better into busy schedules and make it easier to attend consistently. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, easier scheduling around work, and practice of real-life skills between meetings. A therapist can help you plan how to make sessions practical and relevant to everyday life.