About Scott
Scott Persinger is a licensed clinical social worker with 37 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, and major life changes. Scott aims to meet people where they are and listens with kindness and without judgment.
Scott works in a straightforward, supportive way. Sessions are practical and conversational. He encourages journaling and notes between visits to keep sessions focused and useful.
Background and approach
He also shares short educational materials about thoughts, feelings, and behavior to support learning outside sessions. His style centers on empathy, respect, and building a client's sense of dignity. Scott says his own life experiences shaped how he understands pain and frustration, which informs his steady, patient approach.
He prefers to collaborate with each person to find what helps rather than push one method on everyone. In sessions he draws on client-centered ideas to follow what matters most to the person. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and mindfulness tools to reduce reactivity.
Emotionally-focused strategies help when relationship or intimacy issues come up. Scott practices in Texas and conducts work via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. He communicates in English.
Fees vary by location and a subscription model is used that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on availability.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Scott blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral methods to help people feel heard and then change patterns that cause distress. Client-centered therapy means he follows what matters most to the person and creates a respectful space to talk about concerns. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood.He also draws on emotionally-focused ideas when relationship or intimacy concerns are central. Those techniques help people notice emotional patterns and practice new ways of connecting and responding. Scott approaches treatment collaboratively and will discuss options so you can choose methods that fit your goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief reflections between sessions. These options allow flexibility for scheduling and different communication needs.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 37 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Utah
- Languages
- English
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