Ian Schroeder
Supportive counseling for family and life changes
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Oregon, Washington
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ian
Ian Schroeder is a licensed counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside stress, anxiety, addiction, and other life challenges. He uses a partner-style approach, listening closely and helping people set practical goals. Ian notes lived experience with addiction and recovery, which informs how he connects with clients.
He also works with people facing trauma, depression, self-esteem struggles, and those exploring gender dysphoria. Ian favors straightforward, collaborative sessions. He combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Motivational Interviewing to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build motivation for new habits.
Background and approach
He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, to address traumatic memories that keep causing pain. Sessions prioritize the person’s own priorities and strengths. Ian aims to develop a clear plan together rather than imposing a single method.
He respects each person’s history and works at a pace that feels right for them. Ian holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. He has practiced for 15 years in Oregon and conducts sessions in English.
His tools include talk-based work, skill practice, and structured trauma processing when appropriate. Parents seeking straightforward guidance around parenting, family stress, or related concerns will find a direct, practical style. Ian helps people break problems into steps, build coping skills, and track progress over time.
How practical therapies translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people name their own goals. It is about following the person’s lead and supporting their choices, which helps with motivation and clarity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them; it is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting challenges.Ian approaches treatment as a collaborative process. He will talk through what is most important to the client, try an approach, and adjust plans together as needed. Finding the right method is part of the work rather than a one-time decision, and the client’s goals guide which tools are used.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging gives flexibility for busy families and people with limited travel options. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone offers a simple alternative, and chat or text can support brief check-ins or skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into life and to use the same therapeutic approaches in ways that match each person’s schedule and comfort.
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.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oregon, Washington
- Languages
- English
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