Raymond Butts
Practical, collaborative counseling with broad experience
LPC Arizona
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Raymond
Raymond Butts is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with three decades of experience combining counseling and education. He brings a background that includes classroom teaching, school leadership, and long-term counseling roles, and he draws on that breadth to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and stress.
Background and approach
His practice also attends to issues like career challenges, relationship and family difficulties, grief, anger, ADHD, and mood concerns. He began his career in special education and later earned an M.Ed in Counselor Education in 1989, then spent many years working in school settings across Alaska and Arkansas in roles ranging from teacher to village school principal.
Over time his work expanded into counseling roles that emphasized crisis response and collaborative support. Raymond uses client-centered principles and cognitive behavioral methods alongside solution-focused and trauma-informed tools to help clients identify practical changes and build coping skills.
Now practicing from Arizona, he offers a calm, pragmatic approach that aims to meet people where they are and work with their goals. His long professional history informs a flexible style that prioritizes listening, collaboration, and practical strategies for managing life transitions and emotional challenges.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching practical strategies to change them; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a nonjudgmental, collaborative relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and helps clients find their own solutions and strengths, which can be especially useful for building self-esteem and navigating life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Raymond will collaborate with each person to explore which methods fit their needs and preferences, combining techniques as appropriate to address immediate concerns and longer-term goals. This shared process helps tailor sessions to what the client finds most helpful.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for busy schedules, those in different time zones, and people who prefer nontraditional formats. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and access support without traveling, offering practical ways to engage in treatment while balancing daily responsibilities.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Alaska, Missouri, Maine, Arizona
Languages
English