- Years in practice
- 38
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Arthur
Arthur Adams is a licensed clinical social worker with 38 years of practice in Indiana. He brings long experience working with adults facing stress, anxiety, mood disorders, addictions, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Arthur writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
He treats people as more than a diagnosis and focuses on strengths. Sessions typically center on the client’s goals and practical steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Arthur aims to help people feel more whole and in charge of their lives. In therapy he uses a person-centered and solution-focused style. That means lots of listening, respectful feedback, and collaborative planning rather than a lecture.
He also draws on approaches that emphasize clients’ skills and resources when facing addiction, grief, or relationship stress. His background includes long work with substance dependency, compulsive behaviors, eating concerns, and addictive family patterns. He has spent much of his career supporting people through divorce, blended family issues, domestic violence aftermath, and grief.
He also addresses men's issues, midlife transitions, and sexuality questions. Sessions can include discussion of parenting pressures and practical ways to manage family conflict or parenting stress. Arthur accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
He supports a range of communication options including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
What Arthur works with
Everything Arthur lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Arthur helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Arthur most often uses person-centered strategies that focus on the individual’s strengths and goals. This approach centers on listening, validating a person’s experience, and shaping therapy around what the client wants to change. It helps with stress, self-esteem, relationship worries, and parenting pressure.He also relies on solution-focused techniques that pin down small, practical steps to try between sessions. Those short-term experiments aim to reduce symptoms and build confidence quickly, which can be useful for anxiety, panic, and managing cravings or compulsive behaviors.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Arthur will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as things progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and have longer conversations, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be suited to short check-ins, and messaging is useful for quick reflections or progress notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, and travel while keeping the focus on practical change.
Questions people ask about Arthur
What kinds of problems does Arthur address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, intimacy issues, eating problems, bipolar and related mood disorders.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style is person-centered and solution-focused with an emphasis on strengths. Sessions are collaborative and aimed at concrete steps clients can try between meetings.
How much experience does he have?
He brings 38 years of clinical experience working in Indiana and beyond with a wide range of concerns including addictions and compulsive behaviors.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices from Indiana.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are part of a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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