About Timothy
Timothy Dearhamer greets people with a calm, practical approach. He is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - who aims to make therapy straightforward and doable. He focuses on real problems like stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and questions about sexuality.
Timothy uses plain language and a respectful tone to help people take the first steps toward change. He shapes sessions around each person’s situation and goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and goal-focused, not one-size-fits-all. Timothy draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral work and emotionally-focused approaches to help people understand patterns and shift how they respond. He also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take small, meaningful actions.
Attachment-based thinking is part of his toolbox too, useful when relationship history affects current trust and closeness. These methods get combined to match what a person needs at the moment. Timothy has five years of practice and holds licenses in Oklahoma and Iowa - Oklahoma LCSW 7671 and Iowa LISW 119203.
He tries to keep language simple and the plan practical so progress feels visible. He values sensitivity around identity and multicultural concerns, and he works to make space for conversations about sexuality and LGBT issues. Sessions can focus on coping skills, communication changes, grief processing, or planning career and life adjustments.
Timothy aims to help people build routines that support daily life and long-term goals.
How Timothy’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose small actions that match their values. Online ACT work can help with anxiety, life transitions, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and stress. It is practical and fits well into short exercises between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centers on understanding emotional responses in relationships and building clearer communication and connection when attachment patterns create pain.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Timothy will talk with a client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. From there he mixes methods to match the situation rather than sticking to one model, and checks in regularly to adjust the plan.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people send updates, try brief coaching, or keep a steady thread between longer sessions. These options support flexibility for work, family, and travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, Iowa
- Languages
- English