Nuri Chaves

Compassionate, skills-based therapy for life changes

LMHC Florida

Experience: 10 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages: English, Spanish

About Nuri

Nuri Chaves is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida who brings ten years of experience to his work with clients. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques alongside other evidence-informed methods to help people address stress, anxiety, addiction recovery, anger, depression, and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

His background also includes professional coaching to support clients making meaningful life changes. He emphasizes an empathetic, client-centered stance that prioritizes respect, sensitivity, and collaboration.

Treatment plans are individualized and evolve from what the client identifies as most important, whether that means addressing grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting struggles, or career transitions. Nuri also has experience with a wide range of additional focus areas including trauma and abuse, ADHD, body image, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and attachment issues.

Fluent in English and Spanish, he offers flexible session formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and accepts international clients. His Florida license is listed as FL LMHC MH21588, and he works through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Many of his sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also used to help clients clarify values, accept difficult emotions, and build committed action toward meaningful goals. Attachment-Based ideas inform his work on relationship patterns and intimacy by exploring early relational dynamics and how they influence current connections.

Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and responses to different strategies, and adapt the plan over time so the work remains responsive to changing needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and fit therapy into everyday life. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care when schedules are busy or travel makes in-person appointments difficult, while allowing licensed professionals to provide consistent, tailored interventions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does he address?

Nuri works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, and coping with life changes.

What is his therapeutic style like?

He practices from an empathetic, client-centered stance and integrates approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to tailor care to each person.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He has a decade of experience in the mental health field, including work in addiction recovery, coaching, and treating mood and relationship concerns.

Where is he licensed and located?

He is licensed in Florida as FL LMHC MH21588 and provides services while based in that state.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and he accepts international clients as part of his practice.

What formats are used for sessions?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to engage in therapy.

How is pricing handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety AddictionsRelationship issuesAnger managementDepression

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English, Spanish