About Chester
Chester Reyes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and struggles with addiction. He speaks plain, direct language in sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings. Chester aims to make therapy feel approachable for someone juggling work, family, or other life demands.
He draws on 13 years of experience in school, community, and residential settings. That background includes work with inner-city students, at-risk young adults, veterans in homeless and residential programs, and service members.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped how he listens for safety concerns, daily stressors, and what matters most to each person. Sessions emphasize clear goals and collaborative planning. Chester uses a client-centered stance so people set the pace and topics.
He also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and solution-focused steps to build small, manageable changes. People often come for help with grief, anger, career shifts, or feeling isolated. He also supports those coping with disasters, immigration stress, first responder pressures, or money worries.
Sessions aim to improve coping, strengthen communication, and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Chester practices in California and offers therapy in English. He uses a conversational, respectful style and works with each person to find realistic strategies that fit their situation.
He encourages straightforward goals and frequent check-ins on progress.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Chester commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered therapy focuses on active listening and following the person’s lead, helping them name what matters and set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that cause trouble.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan if something isn’t working.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper dialogue. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into a lunch break. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, jotting down steps between sessions, or when someone prefers written communication. These options support consistent contact and flexibility while exploring coping tools and practical change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English