Justin Ungar is a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut with 10 years of clinical experience.
01About Justin
Justin Ungar is a licensed professional counselor in Connecticut with 10 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, addiction-related struggles, and grief. He aims to make the first steps toward help straightforward and respectful.
Justin creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what’s most troubling them. He listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and works with clients to try practical, manageable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be direct and supportive, focused on small steps that build confidence over time. His work includes supporting people with self-esteem and motivation issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and life transitions. He also addresses needs related to ADHD, bipolar challenges, and anger management.
Additional areas he brings experience in include adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, body image, and caregiver stress. Justin has helped people facing trauma, abuse, chronic illness and pain, and complex co-occurring problems. He pays attention to how past losses and abandonment can shape current reactions, and he helps clients regain a sense of control and stability.
Practical coping skills and clear planning are common parts of his sessions. People who prefer straightforward, compassionate conversations often find his style a good fit. He encourages questions about goals and methods so the work feels collaborative.
Justin works in English and practices as an LPC in Connecticut.
02Credentials
- LPC (Connecticut)
- License 2770 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1962884676 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Justin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
How evidence-based methods translate to online therapy
Justin often uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, teachable skills. One common approach teaches coping and emotion regulation skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings; it involves practicing specific strategies between sessions and tracking small progress. Another approach focuses on addressing patterns in relationships and attachment, helping people notice recurring dynamics and try new ways of communicating and connecting. Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then suggest methods to try. Together they check in regularly and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people keep visual connection for deeper conversation, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, step-by-step problem solving, or maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility so people can use the format that best fits their schedule and needs.05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and self-esteem struggles, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues.
What is the general approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps. The therapist listens, identifies repeating patterns, and works with clients to try manageable changes.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 10 years of professional work experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are on record?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Connecticut.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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