About Henry
Henry "Jay" Swedlaw is a licensed counselor with two decades of clinical experience. He holds LPCC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Texas while working with people across state and international lines. Jay focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for common and painful life problems.
He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and grief. He also supports people with relationship and intimacy concerns, body image and eating issues, gender dysphoria, and sexual health topics including BDSM and kink.
How Henry works
His practice includes career strain, parenting stress, ADHD, and burnout or compassion fatigue. Jay uses straightforward methods that help people notice what matters and take steps toward it. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and increase meaningful action.
He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques to reduce unhelpful thinking and manage strong emotions. Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused. Jay helps people identify small, achievable changes and practices they can use between meetings.
He also works with narrative and solution-focused ideas to reframe problems and find practical ways forward. People contact Jay to get clear tools for daily life, cope with transitions, and rebuild confidence after painful events. He guides each person toward solutions that match their goals and life situation.
Henry lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Henry works with
The areas below are the ones Henry selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Jay Uses Therapy Methods Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clearer about what matters and take concrete steps toward it while accepting difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness Therapy trains attention and awareness to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jay will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose or blend methods so sessions match the client’s needs and life circumstances.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer therapy sessions and full conversation, phone can be easier when less bandwidth is available, live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when writing feels more natural. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to keep continuity across moves or travel.
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