About Aaron
Aaron Mandzak is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who combines practical therapy methods with a straightforward, goal-oriented style. He has three years of professional experience and aims to help people reduce stress and anxiety, build self-esteem, and find healthier ways to handle relationship struggles and life changes. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings.
He uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, tell their story in new ways, and set realistic goals.
Background and approach
That can look like identifying patterns that increase worry, rewriting parts of a life story that feel stuck, or choosing small actions that move daily life forward. He draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor sessions to each person. Conversations are practical and down-to-earth.
The goal is to leave each session with one or two things to try in real life. People come to him for anxiety, depression, coping with life transitions, relationship concerns, and low confidence. He also has experience with issues such as attachment concerns, chronic illness and pain, addiction, adoption and foster care, and communication problems.
Appointments are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, and international clients are accepted. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works with the therapist's calendar.
How these approaches work in online sessions
Aaron uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thought patterns that fuel anxiety and try new responses. CBT often includes practical exercises and short homework tasks to test what changes how someone feels.Narrative Therapy is used to look at the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships. Reframing parts of those stories can reduce shame and open up different choices in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust those methods over time based on what works best.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can suit people who prefer written check-ins or shorter, on-the-go support. These options give flexibility for working sessions into a busy week and trying therapy without commuting.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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