About Gene
Gene Hauser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 20 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. He also supports those dealing with career changes, addiction struggles, ADHD, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
His style is straightforward and person-focused. Sessions center on listening, building coping skills, and helping people reconnect with what matters to them. He uses practical tools and reflective conversation to help clients handle daily challenges and big life changes.
Background and approach
Gene blends client-centered care with existential and mindfulness ideas. That means he listens for each person’s values and helps them explore meaning, while teaching present-moment practices to reduce stress and reactivity. Motivational interviewing is used when people want help making changes and staying committed to new behaviors.
People can expect a calm, respectful approach that balances talking with simple exercises. He offers online options so therapy can fit into busy schedules. Sessions focus on real goals and small steps that feel doable.
Gene trained and practiced for many years in counseling settings. His background includes work with people coping with chronic illness, end-of-life concerns, workplace stress, and life transitions. He brings that breadth of experience into a practical, easy-to-follow process for the concerns listed above.
Approaches that fit online counseling
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s lead. The therapist creates space for people to name their priorities and strengths, and then builds goals from there. This approach helps with stress, depression, relationship issues, and finding direction.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple, present-moment practices to reduce anxiety and reactivity. These exercises can help with chronic pain, stress, insomnia, and managing mood swings by training attention and breathing skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust over time. That collaborative process helps identify whether a reflective, skills-based, or motivational approach fits best.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports shorter, ongoing contact between scheduled sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English