About George
Dr. George Savarese is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 40 years of professional experience. He helps people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship trouble, grief, and other stresses that disrupt daily life.
He works in a straightforward way and focuses on what each person needs right now. He believes people know their own stories and brings attention to clients' strengths. Sessions aim to build practical skills, increase confidence, and reduce the small daily barriers that make things harder.
Background and approach
The pace and focus are guided by the person's goals. Across his career he has supported concerns such as trauma and abuse, eating and food-related issues, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and post-traumatic stress. He also addresses problems that can come with aging, isolation, family conflicts, and midlife transitions.
That range informs how he tailors conversations and coping strategies. In sessions he listens for patterns and moments that can be changed with simple steps. He helps people identify new options and try small experiments between meetings.
The approach is practical: clear goals, concrete steps, and regular check-ins. People working together with him can expect calm, steady guidance focused on daily improvements. He asks questions, offers feedback, and supports planning to manage stress, mood, and relationship concerns.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Dr. Savarese works with evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and practical change. One common method emphasizes building coping skills and step-by-step behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. This helps people try small changes and see what works between sessions.Another approach centers on addressing trauma-related symptoms and intrusive patterns by identifying triggers and creating manageable safety plans and grounding strategies. That work often breaks larger problems into clear tasks so progress feels measurable and steady.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust when something is not helping. The therapist and client decide together which techniques to use and how to pace the work.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when a face-to-face conversation matters, phone is handy when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into a busy life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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