About Ethen
Ethen Sietsema is a licensed professional clinical counselor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. He speaks plainly and aims to make first steps feel manageable. Ethen encourages clients to share thoughts and feelings in a calm, nonjudgmental space.
Ethen has three years of professional experience as an LPCC in Minnesota. He has worked with people facing anxiety, depression, addictions, and major life changes. He also helps with relationship concerns, grief, parenting strain, self esteem, career stress, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Background and approach
In sessions he emphasizes practical tools that people can use between meetings. That often includes identifying unhelpful thinking, experimenting with small behavior changes, and trying short mindfulness exercises. He keeps language simple and focuses on one step at a time so progress feels attainable.
Ethen also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to clarify what a person wants to change and to build small, realistic goals. These approaches are aimed at moving toward clear next steps rather than long lists of tasks. The work is collaborative.
Ethen partners with each person to choose strategies that fit their daily life and goals. He recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process straightforward and supportive.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Therapy with Ethen often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy. CBT focuses on noticing thought and behavior patterns and then testing small changes to see what helps reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness Therapy introduces short attention and breathing practices that can calm stress and make coping feel easier in daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ethen collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals and daily routine. He tends to start with simple, workable strategies and adjusts plans over time based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls let people connect face to face, phone sessions can be a quicker check-in with lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging suit those who prefer writing or need brief, timely support. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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