About Geoffrey
Geoffrey Stratton is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 17 years of professional experience. He offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with stress, depression, self-esteem struggles, and motivation concerns. Geoffrey focuses on respectful, sensitive care and aims to create a practical path forward.
He works one person at a time to tailor conversations and plans to each client’s needs. Sessions often focus on clear goals like improving mood, managing anxiety, or finding better ways to handle conflict.
Background and approach
Geoffrey uses everyday language and hands-on strategies rather than jargon. His approach draws on methods that help people notice what matters, change unhelpful patterns, and build stronger connections. He often helps people who are coping with grief, loss, or life transitions find steady footing again.
Geoffrey also supports those facing relationship strain, issues with intimacy, or challenges related to addiction. Parents and caregivers may find help with parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, and the emotional demands of caring for others. He also addresses concerns tied to neurodiversity, attachment, and long-term health conditions like chronic pain and illness.
Geoffrey aims to meet clients where they are and work collaboratively to set achievable steps. He encourages people to try small changes and notices what helps, adjusting the plan as needed. The emphasis is on practical progress and restoring a sense of control over daily life.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when feelings are difficult. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments to change mood and behavior; it is useful for depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current bonds and communication and can help with intimacy issues and attachment-related struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Geoffrey will talk through goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which methods fit best for the problem and personality.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing support, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English