William (Russell) Glass
Compassionate, practical guidance for life transitions
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About William
William (Russell) Glass is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 24 years of clinical experience. He offers a calm, straightforward approach for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and related concerns. William writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters to each person.
He aims to help clients find clearer thinking and better daily coping. Over two decades William has worked with people coping with trauma, grief, family problems, intimacy issues, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
He has helped clients with substance use and the practical problems that often come with it. His own life experience with ongoing health issues and time living abroad shaped how he relates to struggles and change. In sessions William blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools.
He focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life experiences. He also uses existential ideas to help people examine values and find purpose when life feels off course. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are part of his toolbox when clients need present-moment skills or help finding reasons to change.
He emphasizes strengths and practical strategies for day-to-day coping. Conversations are direct but nonjudgmental, aimed at clearer choices and small steps forward. William works with people in Alabama and conducts sessions in English.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used so clients can connect and set goals.
How William’s approaches translate to online therapy
William uses client-centered therapy to build a collaborative relationship where the client's goals guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person to find their own solutions, which helps when deciding what to work on first.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. CBT is practical and homework-friendly, making it easy to try new skills between sessions and track small improvements.
Finding the best way to work together is a shared process. William will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. He adjusts the plan based on what helps most, so clients are part of deciding the path forward.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into daily life. Video and phone sessions allow real-time conversation, while chat and messaging can help people get support between meetings or use shorter, frequent check-ins. These options increase flexibility and let people choose the way of meeting that feels most manageable.
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.
Existential Therapy
Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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