About Will
Will Koehler is an LMFT with nine years of clinical experience. He works in a direct, interactive style and helps people who want more than a passive listener.
Background and approach
He focuses on building skills for managing intense feelings and improving attention and organization. He often works with people who want clearer relationships and better emotion regulation.
Sessions aim to help clients name strong feelings, learn pacing and grounding techniques, and practice skills between meetings. Will uses straightforward coaching alongside therapeutic conversation to keep progress practical.
Will helps clients improve focus and attention with concrete strategies they can use in daily life. He also guides people who want deeper emotional connection with themselves and others.
When relationships feel stuck, he supports people in identifying patterns and trying small experiments to change them. Many people come to him for stress, anxiety, and depression.
He also addresses trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and issues around abandonment and attachment. Other focus areas include guilt, shame, impulsivity, loneliness, life purpose, men’s issues, midlife questions, self-love, social anxiety, and workplace struggles.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Will works from California and brings practical tools to help people manage big feelings and daily demands.
Approaches for managing emotion and relationships online
Will draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on emotion regulation and skill-building. One common approach involves learning practical emotion regulation skills - clients learn ways to notice and name feelings, practice grounding techniques, and use pacing strategies to reduce overwhelm. These methods are useful for anxiety, intense emotional reactions, and stress.Another approach centers on improving attention, organization, and focus through structured behavioral strategies. Sessions introduce simple routines, brief exercises to boost concentration, and planning tools to help people follow through on goals. This work is helpful for daily functioning and workplace or life-management struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and how they prefer to work, then try methods that match those priorities. Adjustments are made over time based on what proves helpful in session.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you see nonverbal cues for deeper work, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or text messaging can support short check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, parenting, or travel and keep progress moving when life is busy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English