Chamika Barrant, LMHC

Chamika Barrant is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage everyday struggles. She focuses on clear, goal-oriented work and supports clients through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues like addiction or grief.

Chamika emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, combined with mindfulness practices. She helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together. Then she works with them to test unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors that lead to small wins.

Her approach is collaborative and direct. Sessions often include setting S.M.A.R.T. goals so progress can be tracked and celebrated. Chamika uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when clients need targeted shifts or support making decisions.

She pays attention to attachment patterns, abandonment fears, and body image struggles as part of how people relate to themselves and others. Chamika also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, jealousy, and the impacts of separation or divorce when these show up in a person's life.

With five years of clinical experience, Chamika aims to make therapy feel useful and doable. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Sessions are conducted in English and she practices in New York.

How Chamika’s approaches translate to online care

Chamika uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. In practical terms she will help a client notice a thought, test if it is accurate, and try a different behavior to see what changes. Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside CBT to build awareness of emotions and reduce reactivity through simple breathing and attention practices.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which means sessions are paced around the client’s needs and preferences. Finding the right approach is part of the work together; she will collaborate on goals and adapt methods based on what feels most useful to the client.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives a quicker check-in, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, varied communication needs, and consistent follow-through on goals.