Thomas Swanbon

Thomas Swanbon is a Louisiana-licensed medical psychologist with 26 years of professional experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and LGBTQ+ concerns. He aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping them take steps toward change.

He prefers a straightforward, practical style. Sessions use a cognitive-behavioral approach with some psychodynamic elements brought in when helpful. Conversations and plans are adapted to each person's situation rather than following a fixed script.

In sessions he helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. He then works with them to try new responses and build coping skills. He also addresses past experiences that continue to affect day-to-day reactions.

He supports people dealing with anger by teaching ways to notice triggers and choose different actions. For anxiety and panic, he helps with techniques to reduce immediate symptoms and to change long-term patterns that feed fear. For depression he focuses on small, practical steps that can improve daily mood and motivation.

Thomas encourages collaboration in therapy. He helps set goals and checks progress along the way. If you want straightforward guidance combined with respectful listening, he offers a steady, experienced presence to help you move forward.

How his approaches fit with online therapy

Thomas commonly uses cognitive-behavioral techniques and draws on psychodynamic ideas when useful. Cognitive-behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic and social anxiety. Psychodynamic elements look at how earlier experiences shape current patterns and reactions, which can help with longstanding anger or trauma-related responses.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He will work with each person to decide which techniques suit their goals and preferences. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time rather than sticking to a single method.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, avoid travel time, and maintain regular check-ins during stressful periods. It can also allow shorter or more frequent brief check-ins when that supports progress. Talk with him about what will work best for scheduling and the types of exercises you want to do between sessions.