About Theodore
Theodore Swanson is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana with seven years of clinical experience. He offers a relaxed, conversational style that many people find easy to talk with. Theodore focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles, and also helps with issues like addictions and parenting strain.
He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and psychodynamic ideas to create sessions that fit each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with room to talk through feelings and patterns that keep problems going. Theodore aims to make therapy feel approachable rather than clinical. Clients can expect a blend of short-term skills work and deeper exploration when needed.
For example, CBT techniques may be used to change unhelpful thinking, while mindfulness exercises help manage strong emotions. Psychodynamic discussion can uncover recurring themes from relationships and early experiences. Theodore has worked several years in mental health settings before his current practice, which shaped his focus on communication problems, attachment concerns, and anger management.
He also addresses issues such as guilt, shame, infidelity, and codependency in straightforward terms. Sessions are conducted in English and are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started requires completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client's needs.
How CBT, Mindfulness, and Psychodynamic Work Online
Therapy here uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy alongside psychodynamic ideas to help people make change. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address phobias in practical steps. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. Psychodynamic conversation looks at patterns in relationships and early experiences to understand why some problems repeat.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel useful and adjust the plan over time. Clients and the therapist check in about goals and try techniques together to find what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and text allow quick check-ins, journaling between sessions, and flexible communication when scheduling is tight. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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