About Thelma
Thelma Hunter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Kentucky with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, and phobias. She values clients' strengths and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She listens to what matters most and helps people set small, doable goals. Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving motivation, and strengthening self-esteem so people feel more confident handling daily challenges.
Background and approach
Thelma supports work on anger, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, career questions, and life transitions like divorce or midlife change. She also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver strain, isolation, and obsessive thoughts or compulsions. When addictions are involved she helps people explore options and make practical changes.
In sessions she emphasizes clear steps and real-world practice between meetings. She helps people try new ways of responding to fear, stress, and emotional pain. Progress is measured by how daily life improves rather than by jargon or tests.
Thelma brings a calm, steady presence and practical focus. She helps people find what works for them and adjust the plan over time. People can expect respectful listening, direct feedback, and guidance toward goals they choose.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Many effective therapeutic techniques focus on changing how people respond to worry and fear. One common approach teaches practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and build tolerance for phobias; it involves gradual exposure to feared situations and rehearsal of calmer responses. Another approach centers on mood and routine regulation to address depression and bipolar symptoms, helping people organize daily activities and monitor mood shifts to reduce disruption.Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed to focus on the client’s priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, journaling tasks, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options allow flexibility in scheduling and let people continue work on anxiety, phobias, and mood concerns from different settings.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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