About Aartje
Aartje Caldwell helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She is Aartje Caldwell, a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of practice in Indiana. Her style is calm and straightforward, aimed at making therapy easy to follow for busy people and worried parents.
Aartje listens first and then works with each person to set clear, doable goals. She uses practical methods to reduce worry, lift mood, and build coping skills.
How Aartje works
Sessions focus on small steps that add up to real change in day-to-day life. Her background includes long experience supporting people through illness, caregiving strain, and end-of-life concerns. She also helps those dealing with chronic pain, divorce and separation, and the emotional impact of cancer and hospice situations.
Aging and blended family issues are part of the range she addresses. Aartje draws on several well-known, action-oriented approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to find their own reasons for change. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on practical solutions and strengths. Sessions may include short practical exercises, goal setting, and check-ins about progress.
The intent is to make therapy useful and manageable, so people can better handle daily demands and reconnect with a sense of purpose.
Aartje lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Aartje works with
The areas below are the ones Aartje selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy
Aartje uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches simple skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own motivation for change by exploring values and readiness; it often helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Aartje will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, flexible touchpoints between longer meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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