Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
How Raymond works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Alaska, Missouri, Maine, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Raymond
Raymond Butts is an LPC with three decades of counseling and education experience. He blends a calm, client-focused style with practical skills to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life transitions. He practices from Arizona and offers sessions in English, including to international clients.
He began his career as an elementary special education teacher in the early 1980s. Over the years he worked as a teacher, itinerant school counselor, and village school principal in Alaska before later serving as a kindergarten counselor back in Arkansas.
Background and approach
That long history in schools shaped his straightforward, collaborative approach to helping people. Raymond uses Client-Centered Therapy alongside cognitive and solution-focused techniques. He leans toward guiding conversations rather than directing them.
This helps people build their own plans for coping with problems like trauma, grief, addiction, and depression. For concerns such as anger, career stress, caregiver strain, or first responder issues he combines practical skills with focused conversations. Sessions often include problem-solving, coping strategies, and steps people can try between meetings.
He also addresses ADHD, bipolar mood issues, parenting strain, and communication or commitment challenges. He has worked in crisis and military family settings and emphasizes steady, respectful support. Raymond’s background in education and many years of counseling inform a patient, steady style that aims to help people make concrete changes in daily life.
What Raymond works with
Everything Raymond lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Raymond's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Raymond lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How his approaches translate to online care
Raymond blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shape online sessions that focus on what matters most to the person. Client-Centered Therapy means conversations are led by the client’s goals and pace, so the therapist listens and reflects to help people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, anger, or low mood.He treats the choice of approach as a collaborative decision. Early sessions are used to identify priorities, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist work together to choose whether to emphasize coping skills, problem-solving, or trauma-focused steps depending on needs and comfort.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions fit into busy lives. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be a good lower-bandwidth option, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options aim to make regular work on goals easier to maintain.
Questions people ask about Raymond
What concerns does this therapist address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, grief, parenting strain, and a range of mood and relationship challenges.
What is his general therapy style?
He practices a client-centered style that emphasizes listening and collaboration, while adding cognitive and solution-focused tools to build practical coping skills.
How much experience does he have?
He brings 30 years of professional experience in counseling and education, including work in schools and military family support roles.
Where is he based and what are his credentials?
He is based in Arizona and holds the LPC credential. He is licensed as an AK LPC and an MO LPC.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.