Claudia Asztalos, LPC

Claudia Asztalos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and midlife transitions. She supports those dealing with self-esteem, relationship concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and ADHD. Claudia aims to offer a respectful, compassionate space where people can make practical changes.

She sees symptoms as signals rather than flaws and focuses on learning healthier coping skills. Claudia emphasizes understanding what happened to a person and how past hurts shape current reactions. She uses straightforward, empathetic conversation to help people feel heard and to build new ways of managing stress.

Her counseling style is warm, approachable, and genuine. She values collaboration and treats each person as an individual with strengths and resilience. Claudia draws on a range of methods and tailors them to match a client's needs and goals.

Claudia has six years of experience working with concerns such as trauma, obsessive-compulsive patterns, boundaries, attachment issues, and abuse. She describes herself as a more mature counselor who remains open to new approaches and learning. Her background includes work through a trauma-informed lens and multiple therapeutic methods.

In sessions she focuses on clear steps people can use between meetings. Claudia helps clients identify patterns, practice skills, and track small changes. She encourages people who have tried therapy before and felt frustrated to try again with a different, personalized approach.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skillwork to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, mood, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication; it is helpful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and adjusting based on what helps most in day-to-day life.

The biography does not list which online session formats are used, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people practice skills between meetings in their usual surroundings and maintain continuity of care during life transitions.