About Garrison
Garrison Draves is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, skills-based therapy. He helps people manage stress and anxiety and works with addiction and relationship concerns. He offers straightforward support and clear steps to move forward.
Garrison uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He combines this with Motivational Interviewing to build motivation for change and Solution-Focused Therapy to set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are geared toward concrete strategies that can be practiced between meetings. He brings seven years of professional experience to his work and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. He practices in Arizona and draws on prior clinical roles to help people facing depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Garrison also addresses issues like anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. People often work on communication problems, drug and alcohol addiction, guilt and shame, or isolation and loneliness with him. He also supports those navigating career concerns, seasonal mood shifts, and questions about life purpose.
The focus is on what helps most in day-to-day life. Garrison aims for a collaborative style. He frames clients as the experts on their own lives and offers guidance, tools, and encouragement.
The pace and priorities are set together so therapy fits the person’s goals and routine.
Approaches that suit online therapy and everyday life
Garrison uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change the thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises and homework that people can use between sessions to reduce worry and improve routines.He also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find and strengthen their own reasons to change. This approach is useful for goals like reducing substance use, improving workplace habits, or taking steps toward better self-care. Solution-Focused Therapy rounds out his work by breaking larger problems into small, achievable steps and tracking progress week to week.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. He will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then try methods that make sense for them. If something doesn’t fit, adjustments are made together so therapy stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, coping support between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options help make therapy flexible around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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