About Brent
Brent Ruebensam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar disorder, and substance concerns. Brent aims to create a respectful and compassionate atmosphere so people can start talking about what feels hardest.
He uses straightforward conversation to figure out what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped around the client’s needs and comfort rather than a fixed formula.
Background and approach
Brent emphasizes practical skills you can use between appointments to reduce distress and manage mood swings. He draws on several therapy styles, including cognitive behavioral methods for changing unhelpful thoughts and acceptance-based work for living with difficult emotions. Brent also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at relationship patterns and client-centered techniques that keep sessions focused on the person’s priorities.
People come to him for help with trauma, anger, intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, grief, ADHD, and relationship communication problems. He also supports those facing family of origin issues, co-occurring problems, codependency, and problems tied to substance use. Brent meets people where they are and helps them take small, steady steps toward change.
He encourages a collaborative approach where goals are set together and progress is reviewed often. The aim is to help people build skills and reach clearer, more manageable ways of coping.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Brent commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thought patterns to reduce anxiety and depression. CBT often includes practical exercises and homework that translate well to remote work, like thought logs and activity scheduling.He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and practice accepting difficult emotions while taking action toward a meaningful life. ACT is helpful for anxiety, stress, and chronic emotional struggles because it teaches flexible responses rather than symptom control alone.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Brent will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and revisit the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows a closer face-to-face feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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