About Ron
Ron Stroud is a licensed professional counselor with decades of experience helping people navigate life changes. He brings 38 years of clinical work to conversations about identity, loss, parenting, and attention challenges. He speaks English and offers sessions from Minnesota.
Ron focuses on practical, person-centered support. He treats LGBT concerns, grief and loss, parenting struggles, self-esteem, and ADHD-related difficulties. He also addresses aging and geriatric issues, blended family concerns, cancer-related adjustment, forgiveness, gender dysphoria, life purpose, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, and workplace stress.
How Ron works
In sessions Ron treats each person as the expert on their own story. He highlights strengths and helps clients build skills for everyday life. Conversations tend to be direct and supportive with an emphasis on real-world steps between meetings.
His approach aims to help people improve concentration, memory, motivation, and confidence. He works with practical strategies to manage attention and boost day-to-day functioning. He also offers guidance for navigating bereavement and big identity questions.
Clients can expect a steady, experienced presence who encourages small steps toward lasting change. Ron emphasizes collaboration and respects each person’s pace. He is licensed as an LPC and as an LPCC and has practiced across many settings over his career.
What Ron works with
The areas below are the ones Ron selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on skills and problem solving that transfer well to remote formats. Skills-based work teaches practical strategies to manage attention and improve motivation, helping with ADHD-related concentration, memory, and day-to-day functioning. Support for grief and loss often combines listening with concrete coping tools to manage difficult moments and routines. Identity-related care, including LGBT and gender questions, centers on affirming conversations and guided problem solving to help people make decisions that fit their lives.Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify what feels most helpful based on their goals and experiences. Together they will try methods, check progress, and adjust the plan so sessions match the client’s needs and preferences.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio-only check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter updates, quick skill practice, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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A practical next step
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