About Scott
Scott Herman is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois. He holds an LCSW and brings three years of professional experience to his work. He aims to create a respectful and compassionate space for people who are struggling.
Scott speaks English and Spanish and communicates plainly to make the first steps easier. Scott focuses on common everyday problems such as stress, anxiety, and depression. He also helps people facing grief, trauma and abuse, or major life changes.
Background and approach
Parenting concerns, intimacy and relationship struggles, and challenges with self-esteem are part of his practice as well. He pays attention to specific concerns like ADHD, autism and Asperger syndrome, obsessive thoughts or compulsions, and social anxiety. Scott also addresses workplace stress, money and financial worries, and the isolation that can come with life transitions.
His approach is practical and goal-oriented, matching methods to the issue at hand. Sessions are adapted to each person. Scott listens first, then shapes a plan that fits daily life and realistic goals.
He avoids jargon and focuses on steps people can use between sessions. People who prefer straightforward conversation and clear, stepwise plans often find his style helpful. Scott encourages small changes that build over time and checks progress along the way.
Practical approaches and online care that fit your life
Scott draws on straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building useful skills. Cognitive-style work helps people notice patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or low mood and then practice different, more helpful ways of thinking to reduce stress.He also emphasizes skills training that targets coping, emotion regulation, and day-to-day functioning. This kind of work teaches breathing and grounding tools, planning and problem-solving strategies, and small behavioral steps to improve sleep, activity, or routines.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Scott will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He starts with listening, then experiments with options and adjusts the plan as progress is tracked.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual connection, phone works well when internet bandwidth is limited, chat allows short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Spanish