About Arthur
Arthur (AJ) Spoerner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience working with adults and adolescents. He practices from Indiana and focuses on practical strategies for people facing trauma, impulsivity, anger, ADHD, chronic illness, and pain. AJ keeps sessions focused and straightforward, aiming to help clients reduce distress and manage difficult emotions.
AJ draws on methods that help people notice thoughts and act in line with their values.
Background and approach
He offers tools for coping with cancer-related distress and end-of-life concerns. He also provides support for people living with chronic pain, disability, and long-term health challenges. Sessions start with a longer first visit to get the story and set goals.
Ongoing visits are shorter and focused on skills, problem solving, and progress checks. He uses audio and video formats and checks messages once daily, usually in the evening. AJ aims for clear, practical steps that fit a person’s life.
That might mean learning ways to slow impulsive reactions, reducing anger, or managing attention and mood. He works with people on thought patterns that fuel distress and on small changes that add up. People who prefer direct, skills-focused work often do well with his style.
He invites clients to set clear goals and to try concrete strategies between sessions. Those who need immediate crisis help are asked to contact local emergency resources listed in his intake information.
How AJ’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being ruled by them and then take small steps toward what matters. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic illness by focusing on values and committed action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. It is useful for depression, anxiety, and managing negative thinking. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a supportive relationship so clients can find their own solutions and grow at their pace.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and life demands and then try methods that fit. That collaborative process can mean mixing techniques so work in sessions matches real-life needs.
Online formats include video calls and phone sessions for full conversations, and live chat or text-based messaging for quick check-ins or shorter interactions. Video is good for face-to-face connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief updates or skills practice between visits. These options give flexibility to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or health routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English