About Adam
Adam Whyte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. He brings 30 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Adam uses practical tools and steady support to help people make change.
He works in English and uses a range of session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Adam’s work emphasizes clear, usable strategies.
Background and approach
He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns. He also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused approaches to look at how relationships shape feelings and choices. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior ideas are part of his toolbox for managing strong emotions.
Over three decades he has supported people dealing with addictions, bipolar mood challenges, sleep problems, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and life transitions. He helps with practical concerns such as communication problems, impulsive or avoidant patterns, and rebuilding trust after trauma or loss. Coaching-style support is offered alongside therapy when goals are focused and action-oriented.
Sessions are offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Costs vary by location and therapist availability. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to availability.
Adam aims for straightforward, respectful conversations. He helps people notice strengths, practice small changes, and build routines that fit daily life.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Adam blends cognitive behavioral methods with attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and addiction triggers. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns influence feelings and reactions, helping clients understand intimacy or trust issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on understanding and shifting emotional responses within close relationships to improve connection and reduce distress.Choosing the best approach is part of the first sessions. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to the person’s goals, needs, and daily life. That means trying strategies, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than prescribing one fixed path.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when they prefer that interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for ongoing coaching, quick check-ins, or practicing skills between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit work, parenting, or other routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- 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
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English