About Travis
Travis Thornton is a licensed clinical social worker in Idaho with nine years of practice. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. He also supports parents and people facing big life changes like chronic illness or caregiving demands.
Travis keeps sessions straightforward and person-centered. He listens first and helps people name the thoughts and feelings that feel overwhelming. From there he works with each person to build small, practical steps they can use between sessions.
Background and approach
His approach blends cognitive behavioral work with mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. That mix helps people change unhelpful thinking, reduce intense emotions, and practice calmer responses in daily life. He also uses EMDR when past trauma is getting in the way of progress.
People who come to him often want help with family conflict, parenting stress, or coping after illness or loss. He helps people sort priorities, improve communication, and find manageable ways to reduce worry and anger. Sessions are available in several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
He offers practical guidance and ongoing tools so people can use what they learn during the day-to-day demands of life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values. In sessions the therapist listens carefully and follows the client's lead to build trust and practical plans. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches specific tools to reduce anxiety and unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about current struggles, past experiences, and what the client hopes to change. Together they will try strategies, adjust what doesn't fit, and build a plan that matches the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video allows face-to-face work for skill practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible, and live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or medical appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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