About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Owen uses a human-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, and other life challenges. He holds the LPCC credential, which shows his Ohio licensure, and brings decades of clinical experience to sessions. He greets each person with respect and aims to create a steady, supportive space for honest work.
Over a 45-year career he has worked mainly with adults and has focused on trauma, addiction recovery and relapse prevention, mood disorders, and LGBTQ issues.
Background and approach
Early work with combat veterans shaped his understanding of trauma. He later studied clinical hypnotherapy and has integrated that into careful, screened treatment plans when appropriate. His style blends client-centered care with cognitive and behavioral methods.
He explains ideas plainly so people understand why they feel stuck and what steps can help. He also draws on dialectical skills and existential perspectives when those approaches fit the problem at hand. Sessions aim to build a strong working relationship through active therapist participation and practical skill-building.
Jeffrey supports clients who are navigating grief, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, career transitions, compulsive behaviors, and the emotional fallout of loss or abuse. Jeffrey accepts English-speaking clients in Ohio and also works with international clients.
He offers a range of online session formats to fit different needs, and he helps people make choices about which therapeutic tools to use based on their goals and comfort level.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jeffrey commonly combines client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on empathy, acceptance, and listening so people can feel heard and decide their next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and relapse prevention.Finding the right approach is part of the process. He works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort. Sessions may start with one approach and add techniques from others as needed to address trauma, grief, relationship or compulsive behavior concerns.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and teaching of skills, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, live chat and text messaging can support brief check-ins, between-session coaching, and people who prefer writing. These options make it possible to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while maintaining a steady therapy plan.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English