About Fred
Fred (Frederick) Theobald helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship problems. He is a licensed professional counselor with LPC and LPCC credentials and brings 15 years of experience to his work in Texas. He speaks English and is available to work with clients internationally.
Fred uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. He also addresses career stress, compassion fatigue, and the strain that comes with life changes.
How Fred works
Sessions focus on building skills people can use between meetings. His approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance work and attachment-based ideas. That means he helps people notice unhelpful thinking, clarify values, and repair patterns in relationships.
He also draws on client-centered and dialectical methods to keep conversations grounded and solution-oriented. Fred has particular experience supporting those dealing with abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, dissociation, and the aftermath of disasters. He also works with issues such as codependency, communication problems, control struggles, and separation or divorce.
Practical matters are simple: sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connects people with his availability.
Fred lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Fred works with
The areas below are the ones Fred 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
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Fred’s Approaches Work Online
Fred often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build a life guided by personal values. CBT focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns tied to anxiety, depression, and addictions. ACT helps people accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that match their values, which can be useful for grief, chronic stress, and relationship issues.He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early connection patterns affect current relationships and intimacy. That approach helps people notice repeating interaction styles and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying. Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work - the therapist will collaborate with each person to match approaches to their goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, skill practice, or easier ways to fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that fit everyday life.
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