If anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, ADHD, or burnout has you stuck in the same exhausting cycle, it can drain everything. When your nervous system is running hot, we slow things down, figure out what is actually happening, and build a practical plan that fits your real life.
With more than 27 years in addiction and mental health—and life experience with some of these same struggles—I understand how important it is to have a place where you can be honest without being judged. No pressure to have the perfect words. Just real conversation, genuine understanding, and steady guidance to help you move forward.
How We Work Together:
Real lived experience backed by decades of clinical work.
A private, direct, judgment-free place to be honest.
Practical next steps to help you gain control, heal, and rebuild.
Most people do not come to counseling with one neat, isolated problem. Stress builds. Sleep gets worse. Thoughts start running the show. Emotions get bigger. Old ways of coping stop working—or start causing more damage.
Together, we look at the whole pattern, not just the label.
Addiction, Cravings & Recovery: Alcohol, drugs, relapse, impulse control, and the patterns that keep pulling you back.
Anxiety, Panic & Overthinking: Chronic worry, social anxiety, nervous-system overload, and feeling constantly on edge.
Trauma & PTSD: Old experiences that still show up through triggers, shame, anger, avoidance, or feeling unsafe.
ADHD & Executive Functioning: Focus, motivation, organization, follow-through, overwhelm, and burnout.
Depression & Burnout: Low energy, disconnection, loss of motivation, and feeling like you are just getting through the day.
Emotional Regulation & Relationships: Anger, intense reactions, codependency, conflict, boundaries, and feeling stuck in the same cycle.
Life Transitions: Career changes, grief, relationships, identity, and figuring out what comes next.
Therapy should help you do more than understand why you struggle. It should give you something useful to do when life gets loud.
I use practical, evidence-based approaches—including CBT, DBT-informed skills, motivational interviewing, EMDR, and somatic work—based on what actually fits you and what you are dealing with.
Every session comes back to three questions:
What is happening? Why is it happening? What can you do next?
Tim Welch, LPCC, NCC, MAC, BC-TMH
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor • National Certified Counselor • Master Addictions Counselor
Your next appointment might be days away. The moment you need help usually isn’t.
I built actually iCAN as a free tool for those moments—when you’re anxious, craving, pissed off, shut down, stuck in your head, can’t get motivated, or just need somewhere to sort things out.
Ask the AI guide. Journal it. Work through a craving. Calm your system. Find a tool. Make a plan.
It’s free. Use what helps.
Counseling gives us the hour. actually iCAN helps with everything that happens between them.
Understanding why we think, feel, and react the way we do can change how we move through life. Here, I share reflections on addiction, recovery, anxiety, trauma, relationships, and the patterns that keep us stuck.
I provide telehealth counseling throughout Ohio, including Newark, Heath, Granville, and Licking County.
If you're looking for a counselor who is direct, steady, practical, and skill-based—welcome.