Faith Otobo, LCSW

Faith Otobo is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience based in New York. She brings a calm, steady presence to sessions and aims to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, low self-esteem, or depression. Faith writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.

She combines practical tools with attention to emotions and attachment patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of her work, offering clear strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She also draws on attachment-focused ideas and client-centered techniques to strengthen relationships and self-understanding.

Faith helps clients address a wide range of concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and the fallout of divorce or separation. She also supports people dealing with body image, fertility struggles, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness.

Sessions emphasize practical steps and small, achievable changes. Faith uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when they fit a person’s goals, for example teaching emotion regulation or improving connection in important relationships.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She works with each person to set focused goals, track progress, and adjust methods as needed so therapy stays relevant and useful.

How these approaches translate to online care

Faith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by offering concrete tools and homework. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at patterns in close relationships and to build safer, more secure ways of relating to others. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and supporting a person’s own pace and choices in therapy.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust them over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.

Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging options allow quick check-ins or shorter skill practice between sessions. These formats make it possible to keep regular appointments, fit therapy into a busy week, and use the style of communication that feels most manageable.