About Jeffrey
Dr. Jeffrey Avants is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 14 years of clinical experience. He practices from Indiana and speaks English.
He approaches therapy with respect for each person's history and strengths, and he encourages clients to take practical steps toward change. He helps people facing addictions, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, and the stress that comes with life changes. He also addresses anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and sleep or eating difficulties.
How Jeffrey works
His background includes work with issues such as compassion fatigue, family of origin problems, codependency, and substance use challenges. His style emphasizes a collaborative, client-centered stance. He listens for what matters most to the person and draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He also uses narrative and existential ideas to help people make meaning and reconnect with values. Sessions focus on clear goals and doable steps. Clients can expect a mix of reflection, skill-building, and practical feedback aimed at improving daily functioning.
Motivational interviewing is used when people need help finding the drive to start or sustain change. Dr. Avants accepts international clients and offers several online formats.
He works with people at many stages of life who want steady, respectful guidance as they work toward better coping and clearer direction.
Jeffrey lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Jeffrey works with
The areas below are the ones Jeffrey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Approaches for Online Work and Practical Change
Client-centered therapy starts by listening closely to each person's story and priorities. It helps people shape goals and choose steps that fit their life, which is useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then practicing new skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change patterns tied to addictions or sleep and eating problems. Narrative therapy looks at how people tell their stories and helps rewrite parts of those stories that limit choices or reinforce negative beliefs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods to try based on goals, needs, and what feels useful. That process can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging is helpful for brief updates or tracking progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when circumstances change.
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