About Hallie
Hallie Orton, LCSW, LICSW, works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and challenges tied to family and eating issues. She also helps people managing ADHD-related struggles and those coping with major life changes. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at making daily routines feel more manageable.
Hallie offers talk-based support and written messaging to help clients develop coping skills. She focuses on short, usable strategies that people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations center on what is most pressing for the person in front of her and on small steps that can reduce overwhelm. Her background includes four years of clinical work helping people with trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, and persistent worry. Hallie uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs, choosing techniques that suit their situation and goals.
She leans on goal-focused methods to address patterns that keep problems going. Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors. Hallie helps clients practice skills for emotional regulation and clearer communication.
She also supports people working through difficult feelings like shame, guilt, or isolation. People who prefer written check-ins or who need flexible ways to connect may find her approach helpful. She offers services from Minnesota and conducts sessions in English.
New clients begin by completing a short questionnaire to match with her and then schedule based on available times.
How Hallie Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Hallie draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to shape online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and people wrestling with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions, offering concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like panic or persistent worry. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, listening stance where the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Hallie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals and day-to-day needs. She adjusts strategies over time, checking in to see what helps and shifting course when something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer real flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and teaching new skills, phone sessions can fit into breaks or low-bandwidth situations, and messaging or live chat works well for brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching. These options make it easier to keep consistent momentum while fitting therapy into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota
- Languages
- English
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