About Buddy
Buddy Duncan is a Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of clinical experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, ADHD, and other life challenges. He aims to make sessions clear and practical so people can find manageable steps forward.
He began his career working with people struggling with addiction and later spent years supporting those with chronic medical conditions and persistent pain. That background shaped a pragmatic approach to everyday problems.
Background and approach
He also spent time teaching psychology at the college level and advising students, which informs how he explains ideas and sets goals. Over the last ten years he has given special attention to grief and loss. He combines a focus on current practical strategies with attention to how past experiences affect present choices.
Sessions are described in plain terms and emphasize small changes that add up over time. Buddy practices using client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral tools. That means conversations start with what matters most to the person in the room and then move toward concrete skills and plans.
He prefers a straightforward style that helps people test new habits between sessions. People come for a variety of concerns including relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, workplace stress, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life transitions. He aims to help each person identify realistic steps and build confidence to put them into practice.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding the person's priorities and creating a supportive space. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what is important, and follows the person's lead to set goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep and coping with life changes by breaking problems into small, manageable steps.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening and exploration, skill-building with CBT, or a mix of both, and they adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth moments, and messaging or live chat make it easier to share quick updates between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping focus on practical change and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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