Gretchen Dison, LPC

Gretchen Dison is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and depression. Gretchen approaches each person with respect and straightforward support. She sees seeking help as a brave first step and aims to walk alongside people as they make changes.

Gretchen believes people know their own stories best, and she looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real-life steps. She listens first, then works with each person to set small goals that feel doable.

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. She also uses client-centered techniques that focus on the person's own perspective and pace. Together these approaches help people reduce anxiety, manage panic, and sleep better over time.

Gretchen also helps with issues like communication problems, control struggles, guilt and shame, and feeling isolated. She offers tools for coping with compassion fatigue and for rebuilding self-love and purpose. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.

Sessions combine practical skill-building with empathetic listening. People leave with simple strategies to try between meetings. Gretchen supports gradual change and checks in on what is working and what needs adjustment.

How Gretchen’s Approaches Work Online

Gretchen uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT focuses on practical exercises and new ways of thinking that can reduce anxiety, panic, and depression symptoms. Client-centered therapy is also part of her work and centers on listening to the person’s perspective, following their pace, and building on their own strengths.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there she tailors a plan that may mix CBT exercises with client-centered conversations so the work feels manageable and relevant.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well when visual connection helps build rapport. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging let people share thoughts between meetings and fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep momentum while adapting to different schedules and needs.