About Scott
Scott Persinger offers support for stress, anxiety, grief, sleep problems, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting struggles, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. He is Scott, and he speaks plainly and respectfully. He emphasizes empathy and nonjudgmental care in every meeting.
Scott practices in Texas and brings 37 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). He aims to meet each person where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through current difficulties, learning practical coping steps, and reviewing short exercises to try between visits. He describes his approach as open and flexible. He values respect and dignity and encourages clients to keep notes or journal between sessions to track progress.
Scott often shares educational material about thoughts, feelings, and behavior to boost understanding. Scott also draws on perspectives such as client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused methods, existential viewpoints, and mindfulness practices to tailor care. He says there are often twists and turns in the process, and he stays with clients through those changes.
He notes that some of his empathy grew from living with chronic low vision, which shaped how he notices and responds to people’s pain. Scott focuses on practical steps clients can take and on strengthening their everyday supports. His stated goal is to help people meet emotional needs, improve thoughts and behaviors, and increase social connection.
He aims to offer encouragement, resources, and steady support as clients work toward change.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clear reflection, and time to make sense of their experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills for changing patterns that increase anxiety or depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and reorganize strong emotional responses, which can be useful for intimacy and relationship-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative task. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try different techniques, and adjust what they do based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skill work, emotional exploration, or present-focused support.
Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility. Video lets the therapist and client read facial cues and use visual resources. Phone sessions can be easier when less bandwidth or hands-free conversation is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, follow-up notes, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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