About Thomas
Thomas "Tom" Wissert is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who helps people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, and addiction. He also supports clients dealing with relationship struggles, grief, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, and life changes. Tom uses straightforward talk and steady listening to help people make small, useful changes in daily life.
Tom brings 14 years of clinical experience to sessions. He draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to teach simple ways to calm strong emotions.
Background and approach
He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify values and make actions that match those values. His style is practical and conversational. He listens first, then helps clients notice patterns and try short experiments between sessions.
He often combines cognitive tools with skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense feelings and reduce impulsive behaviors. Tom notes attachment issues, codependency, and commitment concerns among common themes he addresses. He also works with mood disorders, panic, substance use, and the consequences of trauma and abuse.
His approach aims to be steady and problem-focused without losing sight of personal meaning and life purpose. Tom checks messages throughout the day and aims to respond within 24 hours. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and testing out new behaviors in daily life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase focus.Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to a client's goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust over time based on what works and what does not. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to emphasize and how to pace progress.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow in-depth work and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging can keep momentum between sessions. These options let people choose formats that match their schedule, comfort with being on camera, and day-to-day routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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