About William
William (Bill) Golden is a licensed professional counselor who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life change. He works with clients facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, addictions, career concerns, grief, and identity questions. Bill uses a calm, straightforward style to make it easier to speak about difficult things.
Bill creates a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters to them. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer perspective rather than jargon.
How William works
He listens closely to what a person says and what they avoid saying to uncover useful patterns. Over 14 years of practice in Pennsylvania have shaped his approach. He draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities.
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. When topics run deep, Bill brings in narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at life stories and repeated patterns. These tools help people understand where their habits began and which ones they want to keep or change.
He adapts methods to each person rather than using one fixed plan. Sessions can include goal-setting, skills practice, and direct conversation about relationships, parenting strain, work pressure, or recovery from loss. Bill aims to help people leave sessions with a clearer next step and more confidence to try it.
William lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What William works with
The areas below are the ones William selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. Online sessions allow the therapist to stay focused on each person’s concerns and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In remote sessions these skills can be practiced between meetings and reviewed together. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives and helps rewrite limiting narratives into more useful ones.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the client’s needs. Adjustments are made as progress is reviewed so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats offer flexibility and accessibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that helps rapport. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for short check-ins, coaching-style support, or when typing feels easier than talking. Taken together, these options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life.
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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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