Douglas Strange, LPC

Douglas Strange brings a long, varied professional path to his counseling work. He is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with 12 years of experience in mental health settings. Douglas draws on many life roles outside therapy when he meets people for the first time.

He aims to create a calm space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship strain. His manner is respectful and nonjudgmental. He emphasizes practical steps and personal strengths rather than jargon-heavy explanations.

Douglas combines cognitive behavioral ideas with existential perspectives. He helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors to test what works. He also helps clients reflect on meaning, values, and how choices fit into a larger life story.

He has decades of life experience, including work in sales and management and a personal recovery history with addiction. That background informs how he talks about relapse, forgiveness, guilt, and rebuilding routines. He uses simple, direct language and concrete suggestions in sessions.

People who prefer a straightforward approach and clear skills to practice between meetings may find his style useful. He supports exploration of life purpose, coping with major changes, and addressing process or substance addictions while focusing on steps people can take now.

How CBT and Existential Work Translate to Online Therapy

Douglas uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to test what helps. CBT tools are practical and fit well into video or phone sessions because they often include worksheets, behavioral experiments, and homework assignments.

He also draws on Existential Therapy to look at values, meaning, and life choices. That approach supports deeper conversations about purpose, guilt, and forgiveness and can be explored in longer video sessions or through ongoing messaging between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Douglas will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then recommend CBT techniques, existential reflection, or a blend of both. The choice is collaborative and can change as needs shift.

Online sessions offer flexibility for different rhythms of care. Video calls allow face-to-face dialogue and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between appointments, get brief coaching, or track progress on skills. These options help match therapy to a person’s schedule and communication style.