- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Duane
Duane Winter is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota with seven years of practice. He offers a respectful, warm, and straightforward approach. He frames clients as the experts in their own lives and focuses on realistic steps forward for everyday problems.
Duane centers sessions on building trust and open communication. He listens first and then helps people choose practical strategies that fit their goals. Sessions aim to use a person’s existing strengths so change feels manageable and purposeful.
Background and approach
He draws from several therapy styles to match a person’s needs, including acceptance-focused work, cognitive tools, and client-centered conversations. Duane helps people clarify values, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and set small behavioral goals that add up over time. He uses motivational techniques when people want help with habits like substance use or other addictive behaviors.
Many clients seek help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting concerns, and life transitions. He also works with issues such as relationship problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and challenges tied to adoption or caregiving responsibilities. Duane pays attention to how roles like fatherhood or caregiving shape daily life.
In each session he aims to create a steady, encouraging space where people can try new responses and notice what helps. He partners with clients to pick approaches that feel useful, then adjusts as needs change. The focus is on practical progress that fits into real life.
What Duane works with
Everything Duane lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Duane helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Workplace issues
Approaches Duane lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Duane commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. ACT helps people clarify their values and take small committed steps toward them, which can be useful for stress, life changes, and parenting challenges. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and impulsive patterns.He works in a collaborative way to find which approaches fit best. Early sessions focus on understanding your goals, testing methods, and adjusting based on what feels most helpful. This means the plan can change as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what works with their routine. Video is good for in-depth work and face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat make short updates and skill practice easier to fit into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while balancing work, parenting, or caregiving responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Duane
What concerns does Duane help address?
He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges, plus issues like anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and career or life-purpose questions.
How would you describe his therapy style?
Sessions are person-centered and straightforward. He listens, builds trust, and uses practical exercises to help people act on what matters to them.
What is his background and experience?
Duane has seven years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and uses multiple approaches to match each person’s needs.
Where is Duane licensed to practice?
He holds the LPCC credential and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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