About Arthur
Arthur Hastings is a licensed mental health counselor with 46 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and grief. He also supports those dealing with depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and challenges tied to mood or attention. He works in Indiana and provides sessions in English.
Arthur approaches sessions in a straightforward, person-focused way. He listens first, then helps people identify small steps that feel doable.
Background and approach
He draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods and acceptance strategies to reduce overwhelming thoughts and increase valued action. He has long experience working in community mental health and psychiatric settings, then transitioned to independent practice after retirement from a long-term role in 2018. That history gives him familiarity with severe and complex problems as well as everyday stressors.
In sessions clients can expect a calm, steady presence and practical tools for coping. Arthur emphasizes the relationship between feelings and behavior, and he helps people practice new ways of responding to old problems. He often blends attachment-focused work with emotion-centered techniques when relationship patterns are part of the concern.
He offers several remote formats, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Costs vary by location and are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button and complete the brief matching questionnaire to schedule a time.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Arthur often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. That work can reduce avoidance and increase purposeful steps even when emotions feel heavy.He also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to understand how early relationship patterns shape current struggles. That approach looks at connection and trust in relationships and can help when intimacy or recurring relationship problems are central concerns.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. He works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and adapts techniques as the work progresses. This means treatment is collaborative and adjusted to what actually helps the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging, which make scheduling more flexible. Video is useful for deeper emotion work and face-to-face interaction, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins or days when writing feels easier. These options help people keep therapy going around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 46 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English