About Madison
Madison Bentley offers steady support for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and major life changes. He writes clearly and listens carefully to learn what matters most to each person. Madison aims to help people reduce distress, improve relationships, and find clearer direction in daily life.
With 21 years of practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia, he blends practical skills with a warm, respectful manner. Sessions tend to focus on real problems and achievable steps rather than jargon.
Background and approach
He uses techniques that help people manage overwhelming feelings and shift unhelpful patterns. Madison draws on client-centered work to make sessions collaborative and grounded in each person’s values. He also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to challenge negative thinking and dialectical behavior ideas to build emotion regulation and coping skills.
For trauma, he includes approaches that address painful memories and their effects on current life. Many people find his style straightforward and focused on small changes that add up. He pays attention to identity, life transitions, and stressors linked to work or health.
The goal is to leave sessions with something practical to try before the next visit. Madison can guide someone through grief, addiction struggles, relationship strain, parenting challenges, body image concerns, chronic illness coping, and career stress. He aims to help people reconnect with what matters and strengthen everyday resilience.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Madison commonly uses client-centered therapy to keep each session focused on the person's goals and values. This approach emphasizes listening, respect, and working at the client’s pace to find what helps most. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are included when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness are needed; these skills are practical and can be practiced between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Madison will discuss options, try strategies, and adjust methods based on how they fit the client's needs and preferences. He aims to build a plan together so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are helpful when visual cues matter and allow deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for ongoing support, quick skill reminders, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related schedules.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English