Dr. Jeffrey Avants, LMFT

Dr. Jeffrey Avants is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 14 years of professional experience. He focuses on practical steps people can use to feel steadier when life feels overwhelming. He meets people where they are and listens first to understand each person’s situation.

He helps with a wide range of concerns including addictions, relationship struggles, self-esteem and confidence, career stress, anxiety, and depression. He also supports people dealing with trauma, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include family of origin issues, abandonment, body image, codependency, and substance-related concerns.

Dr. Avants draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, existential reflection, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches. Sessions often include looking at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then trying small, realistic changes to test new ways of coping. He emphasizes the client’s strengths and personal story as tools for change.

People who prefer a practical, conversational style tend to do well with his approach. He works to set clear, achievable goals and to track progress over time. He encourages openness about doubts and setbacks and helps clients find steps that fit their life.

His practice is based in Indiana and sessions are offered in English. He accepts international clients and uses a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules.

How Dr. Avants Uses Talk Therapy Online

Dr. Avants often brings Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into sessions to help identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change patterns that feed addictive behavior. CBT tends to focus on practical steps you can try between sessions to see what helps.

He also draws on client-centered therapy, which means he listens closely and follows what matters most to the person in front of him. That approach helps people feel heard and shapes goals around their values and strengths. Existential ideas are used to look at meaning, choice, and life direction when people face big transitions or questions about purpose.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with clients to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The process aims to be flexible and responsive rather than fixed from the start.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls work when bandwidth is low, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports brief touchpoints between sessions. These options help people access consistent care despite travel, work, or time constraints.