About Madison
Madison Bentley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 21 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are anxious, stressed, grieving, or recovering from trauma. He prioritizes a respectful, accepting way of working so people feel heard and able to talk about hard things.
Madison draws on straightforward, evidence-informed methods to help people manage symptoms and handle life changes. He uses approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and EMDR when appropriate.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings and on building clearer ways to understand thoughts and feelings. His experience covers a broad set of concerns including depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting stress, and coping after loss. He also supports people with identity questions and those facing career or major life transitions.
The work often includes improving communication, setting boundaries, and rebuilding a sense of purpose. Madison aims to tailor therapy to each person’s needs. He helps create goals together and checks progress as therapy continues.
Conversations are direct but compassionate, and he offers tools clients can use in daily life. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a variety of online formats. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online care
Madison commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work means the conversation follows the person’s priorities and the therapist reflects what is said to help people feel understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or mood symptoms.When trauma is part of the story, Madison may incorporate EMDR techniques to address distress linked to past events. EMDR involves guided attention paired with talking through memories to reduce their emotional intensity and help people move forward.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable, then suggest methods to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on progress and feedback, and decisions are made collaboratively.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and set a regular appointment time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when audio-only is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, quick coping strategies, or when someone needs asynchronous support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work during life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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