Brian Hunt, LISW

Brian Hunt is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 15 years of experience in mental health and addiction care in Ohio. He brings practical, no-frills support to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, and major life shifts. He speaks plainly and focuses on what can change day to day.

He emphasizes active listening and concrete problem solving. Sessions tend to look at current challenges and build steps the client can try between meetings. Brian draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.

His experience includes work with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. He also addresses issues such as codependency, relationship communication, grief from separation, and shame related to HIV and addiction. That range comes from years in both long-term and brief counseling roles.

Brian is open about being in recovery from addiction himself. That experience shapes his perspective and gives him a practical view of recovery as a step-by-step process. He describes his role as an ally who walks alongside clients as they try new strategies.

Sessions often include mindfulness practices and skills drawn from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to manage intense emotion. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused ideas are used to set achievable goals and keep momentum moving forward.

Practical approaches for online care

Brian often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test practical behavior changes. CBT focuses on short-term, goal-oriented work that is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday problems.

He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices to manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. DBT-style skills teach techniques for tolerating distress, improving emotion regulation, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Brian discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods based on what seems to help. He combines motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas when a client needs clearer goals or extra momentum.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is good for deeper weekly sessions, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can serve as quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or recovery schedules while using the approaches described above.