- Years in practice
- 45
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Owen is an Ohio-based Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 45 years of clinical experience. He greets people with plain language and steady support, and welcomes conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. His approach centers on respectful, active engagement in the counseling room.
Jeffrey draws on client-centered principles to create a welcoming, nonjudgmental space. He combines that with cognitive work to help people understand how thoughts affect feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
Over decades he has also integrated dialectical strategies and hypnotherapy where appropriate. His background includes early work with combat veterans and long-term practice with adults facing trauma, addiction recovery and relapse issues, life-stage transitions, and LGBTQ concerns. That history informs a trauma-aware stance and a focus on practical coping skills.
He has applied hypnotherapy since the early 1990s with carefully screened clients. Sessions are collaborative and conversational. Jeffrey aims to build a clear plan with concrete steps, then adjust as needs change.
He favors active therapist participation and explains techniques so people feel able to use them between sessions. People often come for help with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and complicated grief. He also supports work on attachment, codependency, caregiver strain, and addiction-related challenges.
He accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What Jeffrey works with
Everything Jeffrey lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jeffrey helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jeffrey lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support
Jeffrey blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral and dialectical strategies to address real-life problems in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and building an alliance so people feel heard and respected; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, offering practical tools for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills useful for managing intense emotions and relationship stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what is helping. That shared decision making helps tailor sessions to parenting stress, addiction recovery, trauma symptoms, or other priorities the client brings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or shorter reflections. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
Questions people ask about Jeffrey
What problems does Jeffrey focus on?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting-related strain, among other difficulties.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a client-centered stance with active therapist participation, adding cognitive and dialectical tools to teach skills and shift unhelpful thinking.
What is his professional background?
Jeffrey has 45 years of clinical experience, including early work with combat veterans and long-term practice with adults dealing with trauma, addiction recovery, and life transitions.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
He holds an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor credential listed as OH LPCC and practices from Ohio.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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