Licensed to practice in New York and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Anger Management, First Responders/Healthcare Workers, Anxiety
(he/him)
New to Grow
My name is Rasheen Powell. I am a LCSW with over 20 years of experience working with children, families, incarcerated individuals, seniors, first responders, and human beings that are seeking peace and healing. Who you are I’m Rasheen Powell, LCSW, CEO and Clinical Director of New Purpose Counseling, LCSW, PLLC. Our Buffalo-based practice provides compassionate, culturally responsive care to children, teens, adults, couples, and families, helping people heal, grow, and discover new purpose. What inspired you to become a therapist? I became a therapist because I believe people deserve a safe place to be heard, understood, and supported. I’m inspired by helping people move beyond pain, recognize their strengths, heal from difficult experiences, and create meaningful change in their lives. What strengths do you bring to your sessions? I bring compassion, authenticity, clinical experience, and a practical, solution-focused approach. I meet clients where they are, listen without judgment, and help them identify strengths, develop healthier coping skills, and turn insight into meaningful action.
Your first session is a chance for us to get to know one another in a supportive, judgment-free environment. We’ll discuss what brought you to therapy, your goals, current challenges, strengths, and what you hope to change. Together, we’ll begin creating a treatment plan that feels realistic, personalized, and meaningful to you.
I bring compassion, authenticity, clinical and lived experience, and a practical, solution-focused approach. I meet clients where they are, listen without judgment, and help them recognize their strengths, build healthier coping skills, overcome barriers, and create meaningful, lasting change.
My ideal client is you. If you’re reading this and wondering whether counseling is for you, you may already be the person I’m here to serve. You may be a mother experiencing postpartum depression, a son or daughter navigating grief, loss, abandonment, or attachment concerns, a college student anxious about your future, or an adult who simply feels “stuck” in life. You may be a trauma survivor experiencing severe symptoms of PTSD , struggling with caregiver fatigue, navigating family or parent-child challenges, or concerned about a child who is having behavioral difficulties at home, school, and community. Maybe you’ve experienced the significant loss of someone you love. Maybe you’ve never been to counseling and part of you is thinking if I go to counseling “I’m weak. I should be able to handle this myself.” You don’t have to wait until life becomes unbearable to seek support. At New Purpose Counseling, we meet you where you are. Whether you’re facing grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, or a major life transition, our goal is to help you understand what you’re experiencing, recognize your strengths, develop practical tools, and move forward with greater clarity and purpose. If you are looking for a safe place to be heard, supported, challenged, and empowered to create meaningful change—you are my ideal client.
We teach people how to reframe thoughts, feelings, as a result they get improved actions. We believe what you think is how you feel and how you feel is how you behave. We give concrete examples of how to identify and process thoughts and feelings to achieve positive outcomes.
We assist people in identifying and addressing What's Important Now (WIN). One WIN at a time will help build emotional/psychiatric confidence and reduce feeling overwhelmed.
We practice on being in the "now" and embracing this moment which helps reduce anxiety, depression, and other symptoms of stress and mental health issues. We provide evidenced based interventions along with frequent homework in between sessions to reinforce ideas at home and in the community.