Harold Eckholm is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist who brings three decades of clinical experience to his practice in Arizona.
01About Harold
Harold Eckholm is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist who brings three decades of clinical experience to his practice in Arizona. He focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, and relationship challenges. Harold aims to make first steps easier by listening without judgment and offering clear options for change.
He uses approaches rooted in attachment work and cognitive behavior techniques to help people understand patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Harold helps clients notice what they do, how they feel, and what small changes might make a difference. Harold also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to strengthen self-awareness and reduce reactivity.
That means sessions often include exploring immediate worries, practicing breathing or attention skills, and reflecting on how past experiences shape current reactions. He incorporates relationship-focused ideas when communication or family patterns are part of the concern. Over his career he has supported people facing addiction, divorce and separation, family-of-origin issues, caregiving stress, attachment concerns, and a range of trauma-related problems.
He works with specific topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, codependency, and communication problems. Harold offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging. He uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and session cost varies by location and therapist availability.
02Credentials
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-2332 · expires November 2027
- LMFT (Virginia)
- License 0717000697 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1336350164 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Harold lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Methods Harold names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
These are the methods Harold names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In practice this looks like noticing how reactions to conflict or separation repeat and building different ways to connect and regulate feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include short homework, thought records, and step-by-step plans to test changes between meetings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and presence, giving people space to tell their story and find their own ways forward.Finding the right approach is part of working together. Harold will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend a mix of methods. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels practical and relevant to the client's life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when conversation and body language matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, ongoing support between sessions or when writing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady progress.
05Questions people ask
What types of problems does this therapist address?
Harold focuses on addictions, relationship concerns, family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, and related areas such as abandonment and codependency.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He combines attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to keep sessions practical and focused on change.
How much experience does he have?
He has 30 years of professional experience working with people on relationship issues, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
Which credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
Harold holds LPC and LMFT credentials and practices in Arizona with those licences noted as AZ LPC and VA LMFT.
Are sessions offered in any languages besides English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with him?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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