Reggie Thirus , LPC

Reggie Thirus is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who works with adults facing a range of life challenges, including stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship concerns, substance issues, and identity-related matters. He brings a practical, empathic style to sessions, meeting clients where they are and helping them identify concrete goals that reflect their unique circumstances and values.

His therapeutic approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive and psychodynamic perspectives, allowing space for present-focused skill building as well as exploring deeper patterns that affect feelings and relationships. Reggie partners with clients to craft individualized treatment plans that address symptoms, coping strategies, and longer-term growth.

With six years of counseling experience and more than a decade in helping roles, he holds a Wisconsin LPC license and has worked with people across many concerns such as depression, grief, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, intimacy and sexual health topics, and career transitions. He also supports clients navigating LGBT issues, family dynamics, and co-occurring addictions.

Outside of his clinical work, Reggie enjoys vigorous workouts, walking, exploring good food, and listening to music, all of which inform his balanced perspective on well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Growth and Healing

Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental stance in which the therapist follows the client's lead, offering support and reflection to help people understand their needs and make meaningful changes. This approach is often helpful for relationship concerns, identity exploration, self-esteem, and coping with life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and developing practical skills to change behaviors and emotional responses. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and building coping strategies for day-to-day difficulties.

Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and relationships, helping clients gain insight into recurring themes and deeper emotional drivers. This approach can be useful for people working through trauma, attachment and family-of-origin issues, and persistent relational problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Reggie works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. He tailors sessions to what is most helpful, combining techniques when appropriate to support progress.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit consistent care into busy schedules and to connect with licensed professionals from different locations.