About Anthony
Anthony O'Leary is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. He offers straightforward, steady support and aims to help clients find practical ways to feel better day to day. He has worked mostly in community mental health and with a wide range of concerns.
That background gives him experience with depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, bipolar mood concerns, and issues that come with life transitions.
Background and approach
He also has a special interest in aging and geriatric issues and supports people facing end-of-life and hospice challenges. Anthony blends several approachable methods in sessions. He uses client-centered listening to understand what matters most to each person.
He applies cognitive behavioral tools to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. He also draws on attachment-focused ideas to help with relationship and intimacy concerns. His style is warm and respectful.
He offers observations and practical options, while keeping the client in charge of decisions. The goal is to build skills and strengths that make daily life more manageable. Sessions are offered in English from Washington and use multiple online formats.
Anthony has worked across community settings and focuses on helping people cope with family of origin issues, communication problems, compassion fatigue, and isolation. He aims to help clients move toward clearer choices and more satisfying relationships.
How Anthony’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversation and reflection to help people notice attachment needs and change how they relate to others. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening without judgement and following the client's priorities; this helps with issues like self-esteem, grief, and finding direction.Anthony also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift patterns of thinking that fuel anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. CBT sessions often include brief exercises or homework to practice new skills between meetings. Together, these approaches aim to build insight and practical strategies that fit each person's life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. From there he tailors sessions and tries methods that fit the client's needs, checking in and adjusting as the work progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and hold more in-depth conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing support, or when writing helps someone process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English