About Kirk
Kirk Postlewaite helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. He is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, based in Vermont with six years of clinical experience. He uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help people clarify what matters and make practical changes.
Kirk mixes a few different approaches rather than relying on one technique. He draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead, cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and habits, and mindfulness to build calmer moment-to-moment responses.
How Kirk works
He also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused work when a clear goal or behavior change is the focus. Sessions often focus on immediate problems like work stress, parenting strain, anger, or trouble concentrating. He also supports people facing trauma, addiction, compassion fatigue, fatherhood issues, first responder stress, and midlife transitions.
Kirk helps people with coping skills, goal planning, and building routines that fit real life. His style is direct and compassionate. He asks questions, reflects what he hears, and helps people create small practical steps between sessions.
Progress is measured in what changes in day-to-day life rather than labels or jargon. People meet with him by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person selects Start Therapy, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules a first session according to therapist availability.
Kirk lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Kirk works with
The areas below are the ones Kirk selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Vermont |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the person. The therapist creates space for people to tell their story and decide which issues to work on. This approach is useful for building trust and shaping sessions around a person’s priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical strategies for changing unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors. That method is often used for anxiety, stress, depression, and many daily challenges.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose tools and set small steps to try between sessions so progress shows up in everyday life.
Online sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for fuller conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other routine demands.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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