Adam Dollen
Calm, practical support for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Adam
Adam Dollen is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Iowa with 24 years of experience. He focuses on practical, evidence-based work to help people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck in recurring patterns. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at identifying what’s behind emotional fatigue and building usable tools to feel better day to day.
He creates a calm, non-judgmental space to talk through hard things and find clear steps forward.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters to the person in front of him, not a one-size-fits-all approach. Techniques come from proven methods and are adapted to each person’s needs. Over two decades of practice have given him a range of strategies for common concerns like stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges.
He also addresses issues such as attachment and blended family problems, communication struggles, and anger or impulse control. Adam blends client-centered listening with active tools from cognitive behavioral and emotion-focused therapies. He uses mindfulness and solution-focused techniques when those fit the client’s goals.
The emphasis is on simple, realistic steps people can try between sessions. To begin, visitors choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging and are arranged to fit each person’s schedule.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s concerns at the center, with the therapist listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and understood. This helps bring clarity to what matters most and guides choices about next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing small changes. It is practical work that often includes exercises between sessions to build new patterns for stress, anxiety, or mood problems.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift difficult emotions that get in the way of feeling connected and regulated. It is useful when strong feelings keep showing up in relationships or personal reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That process is collaborative and can change as progress happens.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to stick with steps agreed on in therapy. Licensed professionals can use these formats to guide skill practice, check in between meetings, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
Next step
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