About Chiara
Chiara Ascari helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports those coping with ADHD, grief, sleep struggles, anger, bipolar challenges, parenting strain, and major life changes. Chiara is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia and brings seven years of clinical experience to her practice.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing for the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Chiara uses client-centered work to understand each person’s priorities, cognitive-behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts, and solution-focused strategies to set clear, achievable steps. She keeps conversation clear and down-to-earth. People can expect to talk about specific problems and try simple strategies between sessions.
Chiara aims to help people build self-awareness and find tools that fit their daily life rather than offering only abstract advice. Chiara earned a Master’s in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has practiced in a variety of settings and has mainly worked with individuals addressing mood, anxiety, and life transition concerns.
Her style is warm, non-judgmental, and goal oriented. Sessions can use messaging, live chat, phone, or video calls to suit different needs. Chiara encourages people to begin where they are and work step by step toward clearer goals and better coping.
She welcomes conversations in English and Italian.
How Chiara’s Approaches Work Online
Chiara uses client-centered work to focus on the person’s priorities and build a trusting conversation. This approach helps surface what matters most and guides practical goals for therapy.She also uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of thinking and behaving. These techniques are useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress because they target patterns that maintain difficult feelings.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Chiara will discuss options with each person and adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, childcare, or other daily demands and let people choose what feels most manageable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English, Italian