About Chad
Chad Petrulis greets people with a calm, straightforward approach. He helps individuals facing family strain, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, or changes in life. He also supports those coping with grief, addiction, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and similar concerns.
Chad is a licensed clinical social worker. He practices in Montana and has four years of clinical experience. He aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while tailoring conversations and plans to each person's situation.
How Chad works
In sessions, he focuses on clear, practical steps you can use between meetings. He listens for patterns that make daily life harder and looks for small changes that reduce conflict or distress. He encourages honest talk about family history, relationships, and personal goals.
Chad works with issues such as attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family problems, codependency, and fatherhood issues. He also addresses feelings of emptiness, isolation, impulsivity, and questions about life purpose. People meet him for help navigating transitions, managing compulsive behaviors, or rebuilding after loss.
He adapts the pace and focus to what each person needs and checks in about progress along the way.
What Chad works with
The areas below are the ones Chad selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Chad draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer relationships. One approach centers on identifying unhelpful behavior patterns and introducing small, testable changes to daily routines; this helps with anxiety, impulsivity, and coping with life transitions. Another approach emphasizes exploring attachment and family-of-origin issues to understand recurring relationship problems and heal long-standing wounds; this is useful for abandonment, blended family difficulties, and fatherhood issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Chad will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful. He collaborates on a plan and adjusts techniques as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper exchange is needed. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or use brief written check-ins on busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life while keeping focus on the issues that matter.
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