About Aartje
Aartje Caldwell is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience who helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She works with people facing caregiver strain, chronic illness, or the emotional weight of aging and end-of-life concerns. Her tone is calm and direct, aimed at people who need practical support now.
She uses straightforward conversations to uncover what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable steps that reduce anxiety and build better daily routines. Aartje favors clear tools that people can practice between meetings, not long theoretical talks. Her background includes long-term work with adults facing illness, loss, and shifting family roles.
That experience shapes how she listens and what she offers in sessions - realistic strategies for communication, managing guilt and shame, and finding purpose after major change. She names common roadblocks and helps clients move past them. In a typical meeting she helps clients set short-term goals, test simple behavior changes, and track progress.
She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused planning to keep work practical. Motivational interviewing is used to clarify what a person really wants and to support commitment to change. People who prefer clear direction and steady support tend to do well with her style.
Aartje practices in Indiana and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
How her approaches work online
Aartje uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thought patterns and try small changes in behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety and depression because it links what you think, feel, and do so you can test new responses.She also draws on solution-focused therapy to set clear, short-term goals and identify immediate steps that move a person toward what they want. This work is practical and forward-looking, aimed at building small wins. Motivational interviewing is used to sharpen motivation and commitment when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about change.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Aartje will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. She tailors methods in collaboration with the client rather than using a single fixed plan.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone can be faster when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing notes and reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or treatment appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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