About Ivan
Ivan Resto is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. He uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help clients clarify what matters and take practical steps toward change. Sessions aim to be calm and focused so people can talk about what’s most pressing.
He draws on several well-known therapy approaches to match the work to each person.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more useful behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. Trauma-Focused Therapy supports people processing past hurt in a paced way.
Ivan also uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s own goals and pace. Mindfulness practices are introduced to reduce stress and improve attention when those tools fit the situation. He blends these methods so the work stays practical and goal-oriented rather than theoretical.
Clients can expect a mix of skill-building, guided reflection, and problem-solving. Ivan pays attention to communication patterns and forgiveness work when those areas come up. He also addresses career stress and parenting strain with concrete strategies.
Based in Virginia, Ivan offers services in English and has worked across a broad range of mood and anxiety concerns. He frames therapy as a collaborative process and helps people set realistic, step-by-step goals toward better day-to-day functioning.
How Ivan’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and pace, with the therapist listening closely and shaping sessions around what the client brings. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, respectful space to sort priorities and make decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple exercises to change patterns that keep someone stuck. It is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and many everyday stressors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling intense emotions, improving communication, and tolerating distress. Those skills can be practiced between sessions and applied to relationship or anger issues.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will review concerns, goals, and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let the therapist and client work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions are lower bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Utah
- Languages
- English