About Brian
Brian Groeschel is a licensed professional counselor with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. He practices in Wisconsin and uses a straightforward, compassionate style to guide conversations. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings.
He uses plain language and listens for what matters most to each person. That helps him shape short-term goals and longer-term plans. He often blends talk therapy with skill-building exercises so clients leave with tools they can use right away.
Background and approach
Brian works with common life problems as well as deeper patterns. He addresses attachment issues, family of origin concerns, blended family and fatherhood struggles, and problems such as codependency and communication breakdowns. He also assists people facing substance use and relapse challenges.
His methods draw from approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and attachment-focused work. He aims to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and improve how they relate to others. Progress is measured in concrete changes rather than labels.
Clients can expect focused sessions that balance support with practical exercises. Brian helps people sort priorities, cope with emotional pain, and rebuild routines after loss or trauma. The overall goal is clearer choices and more effective day-to-day coping.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional patterns. It helps people who struggle with closeness, abandonment fears, or repeating relationship cycles by naming patterns and trying new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new behaviors for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotional regulation and coping skills. It can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming and people need tools for distress tolerance and better communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brian will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problem at hand. That may mean mixing techniques from different approaches and adjusting plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls are close to an in-person session and let therapists observe nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make short check-ins or ongoing support easier between longer sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while still working with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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