About Nate
Nate Porter meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use right away. He guides clients through stress, anxiety, anger, relationship strain, depression, and challenges linked to ADHD and addiction. Nate emphasizes strengths and small changes that add up over time.
He believes each person knows their story best and aims to help them build on what already works. Sessions are framed around real goals, whether that means managing mood, improving communication, or navigating life changes like divorce or grief.
Background and approach
He supports parents dealing with parenting strain and people facing identity or LGBT-related concerns. With nine years of professional practice, Nate brings experience from clinical settings in Kansas and Utah. His credentials include LCPC and LCMHC, which are Kansas and Utah licensure designations.
He uses clear language so clients understand next steps and homework between sessions. Nate pays attention to attachment, abandonment concerns, codependency, and body image issues when they affect daily life. He also addresses substance use, co-morbid conditions, and the practical fallout of trauma and abuse.
Work can include skill-building for anger and stress, relapse prevention ideas for addictions, and strategies for improving self-esteem. Sessions combine problem-solving and coaching elements to help people move toward concrete improvements. Nate aims to be a calm guide who asks useful questions, offers tools, and helps clients try things that fit their life.
People who want straightforward, goal-minded support often find this approach helpful.
Approach and Online Options that Fit Your Life
Nate uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real-world change. One common approach is skill-based work that teaches coping tools for anxiety, anger, and stress. These skills are practiced between sessions so people can test what helps in daily life.Another common element is problem-focused coaching. This involves setting clear goals, breaking them into steps, and troubleshooting barriers like motivation, routine, or communication problems. It works well for career decisions, parenting strain, and adjusting after relationship changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that seem most useful. Adjustments happen over time based on what proves most helpful in real situations.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and learning new skills. Phone sessions work when less bandwidth is available or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let clients share thoughts between sessions or check in with brief updates. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or family obligations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Kansas
- Languages
- English