- Client-centered care
- Codependency focus
- 15 years experience
About Brent
Brent Ruebensam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 15 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and addiction. He also addresses relationship concerns, codependency, grief, intimacy issues, and challenges like ADHD. Brent aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
He structures sessions around each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Conversations and plans are adjusted to what feels most useful for the person in front of him. That can mean practical skills for coping with intense emotions. It can also mean exploring patterns from family of origin or attachment wounds that keep coming up.
Brent draws from several approaches to tailor care, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical skills. He uses these tools to help people notice what matters, manage distress, and build healthier patterns. Sessions are intended to be collaborative and straightforward.
People often come with tough histories like trauma, abandonment, dissociation, or domestic violence. Brent works with those topics alongside problems such as substance use, control or dependency issues, and communication struggles. He offers steady support while helping clients take concrete steps toward the changes they want.
If someone is ready to begin, Brent encourages them to take the initial step and start the process. He aims to be a calm presence while people work toward more satisfying and manageable lives.
Approaches that guide online work and support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to tolerate difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms like anxiety or depression. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of connecting and helps people build more secure ways of relating and coping.Finding the right approach is usually a shared decision. Brent will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so therapy fits the person rather than the other way around.
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as keeping therapy on a lunch break, cutting travel time, or choosing a shorter check-in when days are tight. It also lets people continue momentum between in-person visits when that suits their needs. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to help clients build skills and make changes that matter in day-to-day life.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Brent help people with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and relationship concerns, codependency, self-esteem, and challenges such as ADHD.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a collaborative, straightforward style that blends listening with practical skills. Sessions are tailored to the person's needs and focus on workable steps and emotional understanding.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 15 years of professional work experience in counseling and related services in Texas.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
He does not accept international clients at this time.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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