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Arthur Hastings

Calm guidance for stressful times

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
46 years
Licensed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Arthur

Arthur Hastings is a licensed mental health counselor with 46 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and related areas. He practices from Indiana and provides care in English.

His work is direct and practical, aimed at helping people manage distress and rebuild daily routines. He began his career at 18 in a VA Hospital psychiatric unit and later spent four decades at a local community mental health center.

Background and approach

Arthur retired from that full-time position in 2018 but continued in independent practice. Over the years he has developed a long history of supporting people through trauma, anxiety disorders, and grief. In sessions he uses methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based approaches, client-centered work, and emotionally focused therapy.

He explains ideas in simple terms and focuses on what people can try between meetings. The work tends to be practical, with attention to feelings, patterns, and small changes that add up. Arthur offers online options that began during the pandemic and continue alongside his in-office work.

He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To get started, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Arthur blends cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based work in plain, usable ways. CBT focuses on identifying helpful and unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Attachment-based therapy looks at relationship patterns and emotional bonds to help people feel safer in close connections and understand how early experiences affect current reactions.

He approaches therapy as a collaborative process. Finding the right method is part of the work together. Arthur listens to goals and preferences and adjusts techniques to match what a person needs and how they prefer to work.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to continue care when meeting in person is difficult. For many people, the mix of real-time video or phone contact with messaging between sessions supports steady progress and keeps the work practical and ongoing.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Arthur commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy problems, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other related areas.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Arthur uses straightforward, practical sessions that focus on feelings and patterns. He explains techniques simply and encourages small steps clients can use between meetings.
What is his professional background?
He started work at 18 in a VA Hospital psychiatric unit, then spent about 40 years at a local mental health center before retiring in 2018 and continuing in independent practice.
What credentials and regional licensing does he hold?
He is a licensed mental health counselor with the Indiana license number IN LMHC 39000573A and practices from Indiana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
46 years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English

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