About Samuel
Samuel Higgerson is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience. He focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship concerns, parenting questions, and ADHD. He meets people where they are and aims to make first steps feel manageable and clear.
He uses plain conversation to uncover what feels hardest right now. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that get in the way and testing small changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Samuel values an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be shared honestly. His approach draws on several well-known methods to fit how each person prefers to work. That can mean learning new skills to manage strong emotions, noticing values and goals that guide decisions, or working through past attachment experiences that still affect today.
He explains techniques in everyday language and practices them together with clients. Samuel has supported people coping with grief, caregiving stress, chronic health issues, adoption and attachment concerns, and workplace or career stress. He pays attention to how life changes and overlapping challenges affect routines and relationships.
He also helps with issues such as body image, communication problems, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered from Illinois in English. Samuel encourages straightforward collaboration about goals and next steps so progress can be practical and lasting.
Therapeutic approaches that adapt well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, workable steps in that direction. It’s useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions where values guide choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured exercises and practice between sessions. That approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing daily routines.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Samuel will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work and role-play of real-life situations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief coaching, skill reminders, and follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing school, work, or caregiving demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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