About Claudia
Claudia Asztalos helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related concerns. She sees people coping with addiction, sleep and eating problems, grief, anger, low self-esteem, relationship struggles, and ADHD. Claudia practices with a calm, respectful manner and aims to make the therapy space feel understandable and human.
She frames symptoms as signals rather than flaws. Claudia listens for what happened to someone, not just what is wrong. She believes coping strategies that once helped can later cause harm, and that learning new skills can reduce suffering.
Background and approach
Claudia is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - and brings six years of clinical experience. She describes her style as warm, approachable, and straightforward. She draws on mindfulness, skills training, and conversations that help people clarify values and goals.
Her approach is individualized. Sessions typically combine practical tools with time to process feelings and past experiences. Claudia pays attention to attachment patterns, body-based reactions, and how people relate to themselves and others.
She emphasizes collaboration and small, manageable steps toward change. The goal is to help people build coping skills, make clearer choices, and feel more able to face life’s challenges. Claudia invites people to try therapy again if earlier attempts felt unhelpful, and she aims to offer steady support through the process.
How Claudia Uses Practical Approaches Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small, value-driven steps. It helps with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck by teaching skills to notice thoughts and choose actions that match values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It provides tools to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits, which can ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and communicating more effectively. Those skills can be useful for anger, relationship problems, and self-regulation challenges.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify needs, goals, and preferences, and then try approaches that fit. Sessions adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and texting are handy for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress consistent.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English