About Brian
Brian Sobieski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. He focuses on practical help for people coping with anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, grief, and career stress. He aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life.
He draws on 25 years of experience in counseling. His style centers on short-term, goal-oriented work that targets immediate problems and builds daily coping skills. Sessions typically look at how thoughts and behaviors interact and introduce simple tools to change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Brian combines client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. He also uses solution-focused and motivational strategies to help people set realistic goals and take small, steady steps toward them. The tone is practical and supportive rather than academic.
People who come to him often want clearer communication, better mood regulation, or strategies to handle life transitions. He can help with impulsivity, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to trauma or mood disorders. Sessions are aimed at strengthening what already works while adding new skills.
Brian accepts video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. He also works with people who live outside the United States. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to connect clients with an appointment that fits their needs.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can make choices that fit their life. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to sort through feelings and priorities rather than a step-by-step program.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, impulsivity, and many everyday problems because it offers specific tools to practice between sessions.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. It pairs well with CBT to help with emotion regulation and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brian will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The process is a conversation about what feels useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions suit people with limited bandwidth or who prefer voice-only contact, and live chat or text messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it possible to fit counseling into work days, travel schedules, or varied routines while using the chosen therapeutic methods.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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