Arthur Hastings, LMHC

Arthur Hastings is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 46 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. He also supports those facing relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting strain, and concerns related to aging and geriatric issues. He works with people from many backgrounds, including LGBTQ individuals and those coping with chronic illness or caregiver stress.

He began his career at 18 working in a VA Hospital psychiatric unit and then spent four decades at a local mental health center. He retired from that position in 2018 and has continued in private practice since then. That long history gives him experience with a wide range of life challenges and clinical situations.

Arthur takes a practical, down-to-earth approach in sessions. He listens carefully and helps people name what is happening, set realistic goals, and practice skills between meetings. He often uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches, and focuses on building stronger emotional connections where relationships are a concern.

His sessions are paced to match each person's needs, whether someone needs short-term coping strategies or longer work on trauma or grief. He emphasizes collaboration and clear steps so progress is easier to track. He aims to make therapy understandable and doable for people juggling busy lives and caregiving responsibilities.

Arthur provides services from Indiana and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients follow the site's Start Therapy process and schedule according to availability.

Approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people live by their values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It teaches practical actions to reduce avoidance and build a life that matters even when distress is present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behavior interact and offers step-by-step skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early connection patterns affect current relationships and closeness, and it can help people improve intimacy and trust.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Arthur will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning makes it easier to adapt techniques to real-life needs and to adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten travel time, and support consistent check-ins when caregiving or health issues make in-person visits harder. It also lets people use approaches like ACT and CBT in the moments they need them, with homework and between-session practice that link directly to daily life.