About Arthur
Arthur (AJ) Spoerner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of practice in Indiana. He brings long experience helping adults and adolescents who face trauma, impulsivity, anger, and ADHD. He focuses on clear, practical strategies rather than jargon.
Sessions are conducted by audio or video. AJ often works with people dealing with chronic pain, illness, disability, or distress tied to cancer treatment and end-of-life concerns. He aims to offer interventions and step-by-step strategies to reduce negative thinking and behaviors that cause ongoing distress.
Background and approach
He keeps sessions focused and goal-oriented so clients can try small changes between meetings. His approach blends several methods to match what a person needs in the moment. He uses tools from acceptance-based work, cognitive techniques, and skills training to manage strong emotions and impulsive reactions.
He also draws on client-centered ways of listening to understand what matters most to each person. Therapy sessions follow a predictable schedule: a longer first meeting and shorter follow-ups, held in the evenings on weekdays. AJ checks messages about once a day, typically in the evening, and aims to respond the next business day to items left after his message check time.
People choose AJ when they want direct strategies for mood, attention, or behavior alongside steady support. He offers a straightforward style and concrete tools for coping with change, grief, addiction, workplace stress, relationship strain, and identity-related concerns.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them control actions. It focuses on identifying values and taking small committed steps toward them, which can ease anxiety, depression, and attention-related struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build routines that reduce symptoms like low mood, worry, or impulsivity.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. The therapist listens closely and supports clients in finding their own solutions and strengths, which can be calming for people coping with grief, identity questions, or stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they adapt methods so sessions fit the person's needs and life circumstances.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist see nonverbal cues and do interactive skill work. Phone sessions can be easier when video feels like too much or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging support brief check-ins, reminders, and skill practice between visits. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, medical appointments, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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