Henry "Jay" Swedlaw, LPCC, LCMHC

Henry "Jay" Swedlaw is a licensed professional counselor (LPCC) and licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) with 20 years of clinical experience. He practices from Texas and brings a steady, practical style to therapy. Jay focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and intimacy-related concerns.

Clients can expect short, clear conversations that aim to make change feel doable. He talks through specific problems and helps build simple skills for daily life. Jay also addresses relationship issues, sexual and kink-related concerns, body image, and questions around gender and HIV status.

His work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy, among other approaches. That means sessions often include values clarification, noticing unhelpful thoughts, and small behavioral experiments to test what works. Narrative and solution-focused ideas are used when telling one’s story or finding quick, practical steps feels most helpful.

Jay has spent two decades guiding people through grief, addiction, trauma, and major life changes. He supports people dealing with parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue as well. He also offers help around infidelity, divorce, and money-related stress.

He works with LGBT clients and those exploring gender dysphoria, alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink, and members of the HIV community. Sessions aim to be direct, respectful, and grounded in the client’s goals.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps forward. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve functioning. It often helps with anxiety, mood, and sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to steady strong emotions and increase pause before reacting.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what the client notices is helpful. Clients play an active role in choosing which techniques to keep or change.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so therapy can be easier to keep up. Online work can support regular check-ins, homework review, and short skill practice between meetings. Because session formats are not listed here, confirm the current online session options before booking to make sure they match your needs.