Claudia Asztalos , LPC

Claudia Asztalos approaches therapy from the belief that difficulties are often rooted in life events rather than personal failure. She sees symptoms like anxiety and depression as meaningful signals from the mind and body that something needs attention, not as signs of weakness. Strategies that once helped to numb pain or manage stress can lose their effectiveness over time, so she works with clients to develop new, healthier coping skills that promote resilience and day-to-day functioning. Claudia emphasizes the connection between body and mind and supports clients through understanding, validation, and practical tools that foster healing and growth.

She recognizes how important it is to find a counselor who feels caring, respectful, and competent. Having benefited from therapy herself, she intentionally treats people the way she would have wanted to be treated and offers understanding to those who have tried counseling before and felt discouraged. Claudia affirms that seeking help is an act of courage and that change, while sometimes scary, can be more tolerable than remaining stuck.

Claudia is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a licensed mental health professional, with six years of clinical experience working with depression, anxiety, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorder, attachment concerns, and histories of emotional, sexual, and physical abuse. Her counseling style is warm, authentic, and nonjudgmental, and she practices from a trauma-informed perspective. Claudia draws from a wide range of approaches, including Solution-Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, Brainspotting, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Existential, Spiritual, Humanistic, Psychodynamic, and Somatic methods. She tailors treatment to each person’s strengths and goals and considers it an honor to collaborate with clients who are ready to take a next step toward well-being.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy for Lasting Change

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking committed action toward a meaningful life. It is often used to help with anxiety, avoidance, low mood, and patterns that interfere with living according to one’s values.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in current relationships. It can be especially helpful for people working with attachment issues, abandonment concerns, codependency, and relational difficulties that affect intimacy and trust.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, genuine connection, and unconditional regard so that clients can explore their own goals and solutions. This approach supports self-esteem, decision making, and personal insight by putting the client’s experience at the center of the work.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Claudia Asztalos works collaboratively to identify methods that match each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She integrates techniques and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so the work feels practical and aligned with the client’s life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into a busy schedule or access support from home. These options allow licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care, offer timely coaching between sessions, and adapt the format to what helps each person engage and move forward.