Ethen Sietsema
Support for parents and life changes
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ethen
Ethen Sietsema is a licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and parenting challenges. He keeps the first sessions straightforward and calm. He focuses on making it easier to talk about difficult feelings and everyday problems.
Ethen uses clear, practical methods to move conversations toward change. He asks questions, listens closely, and offers simple tools to try between sessions. Clients can expect focused steps rather than long lectures.
Background and approach
He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change how they affect behavior. Mindfulness techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change.
Ethen aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. He understands that beginning therapy takes courage and acknowledges that first step. Sessions are flexible to fit practical schedules and needs.
He is licensed in Minnesota as an LPCC and has three years of professional experience. Services are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To start, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling follow the Start Therapy button.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and shifting them into more useful patterns to change feelings and actions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems and can be taught effectively over video or phone. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness. These exercises are short and can be practiced between sessions to help manage everyday stress and overwhelm. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with one method and adapting over time based on what helps most. Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions provide an option when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in, ask brief questions, or get support between sessions. These formats increase flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent with their schedules.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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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