About Mindy
Mindy Battles is an Ohio-licensed independent social worker who brings a calm, respectful presence to therapy. She uses a gentle, person-centered style and draws on practical methods to help people manage stress and anxiety. Mindy communicates with warmth and aims to meet each person where they are in life.
Mindy has a decade of experience as a licensed independent social worker, and many more years working in social work with older adults.
Background and approach
She has helped people facing grief, loss, life changes, caregiver strain, and challenges related to mood and anxiety. Her background includes work with hospice and end-of-life concerns and with people coping with dementia and Alzheimer’s related issues. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral approaches.
She also uses skills from acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when they fit a person’s needs. The goal is to pick practical strategies that people can use between meetings to reduce stress and manage intense emotions. Mindy focuses on clear, respectful conversation and on making treatment plans that feel comfortable and realistic.
She pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns, and to issues like isolation, communication problems, and caregiver stress. Her style emphasizes compassion, sensitivity, and steady support. People who choose her can expect a collaborative process that balances listening with concrete coping skills.
Mindy encourages small steps and builds on each person’s strengths as they work toward clearer goals.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds shape how people relate and cope today, which can help with communication problems and feelings of isolation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and adaptable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support brief check-ins or skills practice between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue work consistently over time.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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