Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my profile. I was born and raised in North Carolina. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Master of Arts in Counseling both from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I have worked as a counselor in North Carolina and South Carolina for 19 years. I am licensed in North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and in South Carolina as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
If you are seeking counseling to solely address substance abuse or dependence, that would be beyond the scope of my licensure and I would not be an appropriate choice of therapist for you.
I have enjoyed a variety of work experience in my 19 years of counseling. I have helped clients coping with longer-term problems, and clients working through different life stressors. I have helped clients address concerns related to depression, anxiety/panic attacks, self-esteem and motivation, family stressors, grief and complicated bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, trauma and abuse, career development, and adjustment to phases of life.
I would describe my therapy style as being sincere and genuine, and comforting and interactive. I have enjoyed helping people of a variety of age groups, cultures, and lifestyles.
My main therapy approach is Person-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I also use interventions from Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy, skills for relaxation and distress tolerance, and mindfulness techniques.
Person-Centered Therapy stresses “unconditional positive regard” and empathic understanding. I believe many of us strongly judge ourselves, and may also experience external judgement, and this often impedes positive change. I will offer a non-judgmental and supportive counseling experience to support you and help you utilize your own strengths.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy promotes change by examining the relationship between our thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. We sometimes develop patterns of thinking, either through our childhood experiences or stressors later in life, that often causes distress or makes it hard to achieve life goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can help you identify if these patterns of thought are present and replace them with more positive and productive thought patterns.
I enjoy spending time with my parents and friends, watching movies and historical documentaries, reading, yardwork, and weightlifting.
I hope Betterhelp can help you with any problems you are experiencing. I also hope I can meet you and help in any way possible.
For Disclosure purpose, things spoken/written in counseling are confidential, unless I were to think you were in immediate and clear danger of hurting yourself or someone else. At that point, I would need to contact your emergency contact and/or 911.
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Jeffrey Hunter was born and raised in North Carolina and completed both his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and his Master of Arts in Counseling at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has practiced as a counselor for 21 years and has provided services in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
He is licensed to practice counseling in both states, holding professional counselor credentials that authorize him to provide clinical mental health services in North Carolina and South Carolina. He does not take cases that are limited solely to treating substance abuse or dependence, since that falls outside his scope of practice.
Over his career he has supported people managing a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, anger, self-esteem and motivation, depression, addictions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting and career difficulties, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. He also works with those experiencing compassion fatigue and clients facing complex bereavement.
His therapeutic presence is commonly described as sincere, genuine, comforting, and interactive. His primary methods include Person-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with additional techniques drawn from Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, relaxation and distress-tolerance skills, and mindfulness practices. He emphasizes unconditional positive regard and empathic understanding so clients can use their own strengths, and he helps clients identify and shift unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior.
Outside of his work he enjoys spending time with his parents and friends, watching movies and historical documentaries, reading, doing yardwork, and weightlifting.
For disclosure purposes, communications in counseling are treated as confidential except when he believes a client is in immediate and clear danger of harming themselves or someone else. In such situations he would need to contact the client’s emergency contact and/or 911.
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