About Thomas
Thomas Flanagan is a licensed social worker with 40 years of experience who uses a practical, client-centered style. He listens closely and helps people build on their strengths to make changes they want. Thomas holds KS LSCSW and CO LCSW credentials and practices from Kansas.
He takes a straightforward approach in sessions. Conversations focus on what a person wants to change and specific steps to get there. Thomas emphasizes skills and strategies that people can use between sessions to manage stress, anxiety, mood shifts, or addictive behaviors.
How Thomas works
Thomas also helps people navigate relationship and intimacy challenges. He supports individuals working through family of origin issues, parenting stress, communication problems, and blended family concerns. He brings practical problem solving to divorce, separation, and caregiver stress situations.
Trauma, grief, and compassion fatigue are common topics he addresses. Thomas blends solution-focused work with techniques from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to reduce distress and build coping tools. Motivational interviewing helps when people want to find the drive to change habits.
Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented. Thomas helps people set clear goals and track progress. He frames therapy as teamwork aimed at concrete improvements in daily life and relationships.
Thomas lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Thomas works with
The areas below are the ones Thomas selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LSCSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Thomas uses client-centered therapy to make sessions focused on the person's own goals and experiences, creating space for them to tell their story and choose what to work on. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, provides practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss needs, goals, and preferences to decide what to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves most useful in daily life.
Online formats make these methods flexible. Video calls allow real-time conversation and skill coaching, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping treatment focused on practical change.
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