Rev. Skip Beyer, LMHC

Rev. Skip Beyer is an Indiana Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 19 years of experience. He works with adults on concerns such as addiction recovery, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, and relationship and family matters. He combines clinical approaches with faith-based counseling and can include scripture when a client requests it.

He focuses on practical steps clients can take to change patterns that started in earlier family life. Sessions often look at how roles, expectations, and communication learned growing up still affect current choices. He uses straightforward conversation and listening to identify strengths and small, concrete goals.

His work draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, narrative ideas, and psychodynamic thinking. In practice that means clients talk through unhelpful thoughts, practice new ways of responding, and consider the stories they tell about themselves and their family. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help manage stress and anxiety.

He also offers support for specific concerns such as sex and pornography addiction recovery, alcohol and drug dependency recovery, divorce recovery including infidelity, premarital assessment and communication skills, and caregiver stress. He notes he is not licensed for marital therapy except for premarital work.

Sessions aim to identify strengths rather than dwelling on weaknesses. Rev. Beyer integrates faith perspectives when requested and adapts treatment plans to each person's needs. To begin, he asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions