About Kirt
Kirt Baab is a licensed master social worker with 37 years of experience. He has worked in addiction treatment, hospital outpatient clinics, schools, and social service agencies. Kirt centers sessions on the person rather than on theory, aiming to make therapy practical and relatable for everyday life.
He draws on many clinical approaches and uses them as tools inside a helping relationship. That means techniques are chosen to fit the person, not applied by rote.
Background and approach
He has experience working alongside clinicians from many cultural backgrounds and with people of different sexual orientations and physical abilities. Kirt teaches skills that support real change. Typical goals include easing depression and anxiety, lengthening time between panic or intense worry, and reducing feelings of hopelessness.
He also helps people communicate more clearly with important others and build resilience to life’s challenges. Clients can expect focused work on stopping painful habits and lowering emotional pain. Kirt also addresses practical life areas like career strain, parenting stress, and caregiving burdens.
He highlights small, usable strategies that add up over time. He practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English. For people who prefer remote options, Kirt offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist’s availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships affect current connections. Online sessions use that lens to look at patterns in relationships and to practice new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and isolation.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, respectful stance. In remote sessions this means the therapist listens carefully and helps people find their own solutions, using questions and reflection rather than directives.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and habits, which works well in video or phone sessions where homework and short exercises are assigned between meetings.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust over time. Clients and the therapist work together to find what helps most rather than sticking to a single model.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist observe expressions and body language. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continuing work between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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