About Luke
Luke Van Helden, LCPC, offers a collaborative, compassionate space for reflection and change. They invite people to talk about what matters to them and to try concrete steps toward clearer goals. Sessions focus on listening first, then on practical ways to move forward.
Luke uses narrative practices to help people make sense of their story. This approach looks at how events and meanings fit together, so clients can reframe experiences that feel stuck.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is also part of the work and helps clients name what matters while learning small skills to act on those values. With 16 years of experience across community, university, and personal settings, Luke has worked with a wide range of life situations. They help people dealing with stress, anxiety, and big life changes.
Relationship and intimacy concerns are another steady focus. Luke also supports people navigating gender and sexuality questions. Areas of attention include LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, and diverse relationship styles such as polyamory and non-monogamous arrangements.
They are familiar with conversations around kink, BDSM, and alternative sex culture. Luke practices in Montana and meets people through online formats. Sessions can combine shorter check-ins and deeper conversations as needed.
The emphasis is on clarity, self-awareness, and practical steps that fit each person’s life and goals.
How narrative work and ACT translate to online therapy
Luke uses narrative practices to help people rewrite the meaning of difficult events. This method focuses on hearing the story, noticing recurring themes, and trying small changes to shift how a problem fits into someone’s life. It can be useful for anxiety, identity questions, and relationship concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, practical steps toward those values. ACT includes short exercises to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commits to actions that matter. It’s often paired with narrative work to connect values to everyday choices.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set the pace and adjust strategies as things change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is well suited to longer, deeper sessions while phone calls work when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, brief strategy work, or support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy or changing schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Sexuality
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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