Raymond Butts

Raymond Butts is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience in counseling and education. He draws on a long career that began in special education and moved into school counseling and administrative roles. He works from a person-centered stance and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and life transitions.

He began as an elementary special education teacher in the early 1980s and later earned a Master of Education in counselor education in 1989. Much of his early career was spent in Alaska, where he served as a teacher, itinerant school counselor, and village school principal for over a decade. He then returned to Arkansas to continue school-based counseling work before retiring from that setting in 2007.

After school work, he spent time as a military and family life counselor starting in 2009. That role added experience with crisis situations, first responder issues, veteran and armed forces concerns, and caregiving stress. Those experiences shaped his interest in trauma-focused work and practical coping strategies.

His day-to-day approach emphasizes listening first and guiding second. He uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral tools and solution-focused strategies to help people set goals, manage symptoms, and respond to difficult events. Sessions tend to focus on clear steps and real-world coping skills that can be used between meetings.

Raymond practices in Arizona and conducts sessions in English. He accepts international clients and works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, parenting strain, grief, relationship and communication problems, and mood disorders.

How his approaches fit with online therapy

Raymond uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of traumatic events by helping people process difficult memories and learn ways to reduce ongoing distress. He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, understanding the person’s experience, and letting the client guide the pace and topics of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is part of his work when the goal is to identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. He will work with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful for their needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single style. Goals and techniques are revisited as progress is made.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits can help people keep momentum between meetings and apply skills learned in sessions to everyday life.