Chad Buske
Practical, person-centered counseling for change
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 14 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Chad
Chad Buske is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. He brings 14 years of clinical experience to brief solution-focused work and longer-term counseling.
Background and approach
Chad aims to help people reduce distress and build clearer ways of coping. He uses a humanistic, client-centered stance that follows each person's needs and goals.
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as space to reflect and make sense of hard experiences. Chad emphasizes respect, collaboration, and a nonjudgmental attitude in the room.
Chad draws on approaches that include Gottman Method principles for relationship work, dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation, and motivational interviewing to support change. He also uses existential ideas to help people find meaning when life feels overwhelming.
These methods are adapted to what an individual brings each week. People come to him for help with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, and addictions including drug and alcohol problems.
Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on concrete coping tools alongside deeper reflection when desired. Chad meets people with straightforward language and practical options.
He encourages small experiments, skill practices, and honest conversation about what is and is not helping. The goal is clearer coping, fewer moments of overwhelm, and stronger personal direction.
Approaches that guide online counseling
Chad commonly blends Gottman Method ideas and client-centered therapy in his online work. Gottman-informed approaches focus on improving communication and understanding in close relationships, helping people notice patterns and try new ways of connecting. Client-centered therapy centers the person's goals and experience, offering listening, reflection, and direction set by the client rather than the therapist.He also uses dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, to teach concrete skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive behaviors. DBT skills can be especially useful for stress, anger, and emotional dysregulation and are taught step by step so people can practice them between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Chad treats the decision as a collaboration and will discuss which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. He adapts techniques over time based on what helps most and invites clients to give feedback about pace and focus.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing support and brief updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between appointments.
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Experience
14+ years
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English