Kurt Billups is a licensed professional counselor with more than 20 years of clinical experience in Texas.
01About Kurt
Kurt Billups is a licensed professional counselor with more than 20 years of clinical experience in Texas. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship concerns. He offers straightforward, practical support in a calm, nonjudgmental setting.
Billups' work draws on many years in inpatient care and psychological assessment. That background helps him notice patterns that can keep problems cycling, such as attachment wounds, codependency, or communication breakdowns.
Background and approach
He aims to make sessions clear and useful rather than full of jargon. People meet him to talk about a wide range of issues. Those include identity and LGBT concerns, abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, and questions around kink and alternative sex culture.
He also addresses common relationship problems like commitment issues, control struggles, and divorce-related stress. Sessions are shaped to each person's needs. He listens first, then helps set practical goals and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
Many clients continue after their first intake because they find the approach helpful and easy to apply to daily life. Billups prefers to keep language simple and actions specific. He works with people who want to reduce symptoms and build better rhythms in relationships and self-care.
If someone is ready to start, the process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 64968 · expires April 2028
- NPI
- 1720564768 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kurt lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Many of his sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful patterns in thoughts and behaviors and testing new responses in daily life; this helps with anxiety, depression, and ADHD by breaking cycles that keep symptoms active. Another approach centers on improving communication and relationship skills through structured exercises and role practice, which can ease conflict and build more reliable connections.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist listens to your goals and preferences, then recommends methods that fit your situation. That decision is revisited as progress is made so the plan stays useful and responsive to what actually helps.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and messaging is handy for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity when life gets unpredictable.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this counselor address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship issues, and LGBT concerns, plus many related topics like attachment, codependency, and caregiver stress.
What is his general therapy style?
He takes a practical, down-to-earth approach that focuses on listening first and then trying small, doable changes between sessions.
How long has he been practicing?
He has about 20 years of clinical experience, including work in inpatient care and psychological assessment.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not accepting international clients at this time.
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 much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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