About Jeffrey
Rev. Jeffrey Bischoff is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Ohio. He brings three decades of counseling and pastoral experience to sessions.
He listens carefully and works with people to identify what matters most to them. He adapts his approach to each persons needs and goals. Jeffrey began his career in ministry and moved into social work and counseling in 1995.
That path gave him experience with youth work, residential care, outpatient mental health, and substance use supports.
Background and approach
Over the years he has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, and life transitions. He has also supported those coping with anger, relationship strain, career stress, parenting challenges, and ADHD. In sessions he uses a mix of practical methods.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Motivational Interviewing helps when a person feels stuck and needs to find their own reasons to change. He frames work in a client-centered, solution-focused way so sessions stay practical and goal oriented.
Spiritual concerns can be part of the work when a person wants that. He is an ordained Lutheran pastor and can discuss faith openly or focus only on secular strategies. The pace and focus are set by the person receiving help.
People who value steady, respectful listening and straightforward tools may find his style a good fit. He invites prospective clients to describe their goals so they can begin shaping a plan together.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small, committed steps toward them while accepting difficult feelings. It suits people dealing with anxiety, depression, or life changes who want to live by clearer priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical tools to reduce unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills. Motivational Interviewing is a short-term conversational style that helps people find internal motivation to change behaviors like substance use or unhealthy habits.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. Over the first few sessions they will adjust the plan based on what is working and what the person feels comfortable trying.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or to fit a break at work. Chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or people who prefer typing. These options help make regular work on goals easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Michigan
- Languages
- English