About Justin
Justin Ungar is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or addiction. He aims to make starting therapy feel straightforward and manageable for anyone taking that first step.
He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s on their mind. Conversations cover feelings, daily habits, and practical ways to handle difficult moments. Sessions look at what gets in the way of feeling calmer and more confident.
Background and approach
Justin uses approaches grounded in research to guide sessions. He helps people build coping skills for panic, persistent worry, mood shifts, and urges tied to substance use. He also supports people facing grief, changes in relationships, and challenges around self-esteem.
People who come to him for help with relationship stress or intimacy-related issues explore communication and boundaries. Those managing ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, or chronic health problems work on routines and symptom management strategies. He also addresses issues connected to adoption, attachment, and blended family stress.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people in Connecticut. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Justin encourages practical steps between sessions so progress continues outside of therapy.
Approaches that guide online care
Justin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage worry, low mood, and urges tied to addiction. One approach focuses on teaching concrete coping skills for anxiety and panic - breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations - to reduce avoidance and build confidence. Another approach emphasizes behavioral strategies for mood and motivation, such as planning manageable routines, activity scheduling, and small goal-setting to lift mood and increase momentum.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and daily challenges, try techniques that fit your preferences, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This makes sessions feel more practical and tailored to what you need right now.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video works well for a longer discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or time is limited. Live chat and messaging allow for quick check-ins, short reflections, or ongoing support between full sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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