Arthur Hastings, LMHC

Arthur Hastings is a licensed mental health counselor with 46 years in the field. He helps people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, depression, and LGBT-related concerns. He also supports people facing relationship and intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, and parenting strains.

Arthur began his career as a young worker in a VA Hospital psychiatric unit and spent four decades at a local mental health center in Indiana. He retired from that long-term position in 2018 and continues to see people in private practice. He has long experience with trauma cases and anxiety disorders and often focuses on those concerns.

In sessions he uses straightforward talk and practical tools. He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also integrates acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-based thinking when those fit the situation.

Arthur offers a calm, direct style and aims to make sessions useful from the first meetings. He often helps people break problems into smaller steps and practice skills they can use between sessions. His background includes work with a wide range of life challenges, from caregiver stress and chronic illness to divorce and family-of-origin issues.

He conducts sessions from Indiana by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Arthur uses his many years of experience to tailor the pace and methods to each person’s goals and needs.

How these approaches work online

Arthur often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values and flexible responses to difficult thoughts and feelings, and can help when avoidance or prolonged worry gets in the way. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now, which can be helpful for intimacy and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or blend methods together. That collaboration helps shape a plan that fits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for full conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and chat or messaging can fit short updates or when writing feels easier. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow people to continue therapy even when life is busy or travel is difficult.