About Scott
Scott Shepherd, LPC, helps people managing addictions, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and stress. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. Scott aims to make the process feel steady and doable for people who are worried or overwhelmed.
Scott brings 30 years of work in mental health and substance use settings. He focuses on helping individuals understand patterns that lead to impulsive or compulsive actions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning concrete skills to manage anger, cravings, mood swings, or low motivation so clients can make clearer choices. His primary approach uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. He also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people build emotional skills and strengthen motivation for change.
These methods are used as tools to practice new ways of coping. Scott describes therapy as a step-by-step effort. He supports people working through grief, family of origin issues, first responder stress, and process or substance addictions.
He also addresses concerns like self-esteem, career stress, seasonal mood shifts, and intimacy-related difficulties. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by phone, video, live chat, or text messaging. Scott works with adults on life changes, recovery, and emotional regulation, helping clients set realistic goals and plan small, achievable steps.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
CBT focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions typically include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavior changes that reduce anxiety, manage mood, or curb impulses.DBT teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. Delivered online, DBT skills training can help people handle anger, cravings, and relationship stress through short practice exercises and coaching in real life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Scott will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. Together they track what helps and adjust strategies as needed so therapy stays practical and goal oriented.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper discussion and learning new skills, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief progress notes or questions between sessions. These options add flexibility so people can fit care into work, recovery, or busy family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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