- Client-centered
- Meaning focused
- Change oriented
About Kirk
Dr. Kirk Thiemann is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho with ten years of experience. He focuses on helping people make sense of anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and major life transitions. He also supports those facing grief, addiction concerns, identity questions, and parenting challenges.
As a counselor and counselor educator, Dr. Thiemann blends straightforward conversation with careful listening. He aims to help people better understand their thoughts and feelings and to build trust in their own choices. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps that move someone toward clearer direction and greater self-trust.
Dr. Thiemann uses client-centered methods that follow the person's lead. He brings existential ideas about meaning and responsibility into conversations when someone is wrestling with life direction. He also uses motivational interviewing to help with change when people feel stuck or ambivalent.
People who work with him can expect honest dialogue about values, decisions, and next steps. He frames counseling as active work that can change daily life and sense of purpose. His approach is direct but supportive, aimed at helping someone live more authentically.
If you think this style might fit your needs, you can start by choosing the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule a first session.
How these approaches translate to online counseling
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions can still center the client's concerns and priorities, with the therapist reflecting and asking questions that help someone clarify their next steps. Existential Therapy invites conversations about meaning, choice, and responsibility. In remote work this looks like talking through life direction, values, and how to make purposeful changes. Motivational Interviewing is a practical way to help people move from uncertainty to action. Online sessions can use brief goals and gentle feedback to build momentum for change.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus more on values and meaning, on strengthening motivation, or on following the client’s lead in conversation.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use conversation-based methods from home or another quieter place and can make follow-up and planning simpler between sessions.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Idaho
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he help people address?
He works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, addictions, and identity questions such as LGBT matters. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care related concerns and attachment issues.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a client-centered approach, bringing empathic listening and collaboration. He also draws on existential ideas about meaning and on motivational interviewing to support change.
How much experience does he have?
He has worked as a counselor since 2015 and also teaches counseling courses to counselors-in-training, bringing about ten years of practical and educational experience.
Where is he based and how is he credentialed?
He practices in Idaho and holds the LPC credential, listed as LPC in his profile.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.