About Duncan
Duncan Hall is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 28 years of practice helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and life changes. He works with adults on challenges like low self-esteem, anger, grief, addiction, and career transitions. Sessions focus on practical steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.
He uses straightforward conversation and active listening to identify what matters most to each person. That can mean building coping routines, improving communication skills, or creating short-term goals to reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Duncan blends goal-focused strategies with a warm, respectful presence. Over nearly three decades he has supported people facing complex situations such as divorce and separation, blended family problems, parenting strain, and intimacy-related issues. He also addresses concerns tied to ADHD, autism and Asperger syndrome, intellectual disability, and impulsivity.
His work often includes coaching around career decisions and fatherhood issues. Duncan practices a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. He adapts his approach to match what a person needs in the moment.
That makes sessions practical and oriented toward change. Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. He is licensed in Illinois as LCSW.
Many people come for help with stress, communication problems, or rebuilding after loss and leave with clearer plans and tools they can use every day.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on what the person wants to change. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's priorities, helping people clarify goals and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with small, testable actions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress where practical strategies can change daily routines.Finding the right approach usually happens together. Duncan will talk about options, try a method for a few sessions, and adjust based on how helpful it feels. That collaborative process lets goals and techniques evolve as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so therapy fits into busy lives. Video helps recreate face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow quick feedback, ongoing coaching, or brief progress checks between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep continuity and practice skills in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English