About Russell
Russell Higgins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Nevada with 12 years of therapy experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and family concerns, and cope with grief and anger. He aims to make it easier to take that first step toward change.
Russell speaks English and offers several remote session formats to fit different needs. Russell keeps sessions straightforward and practical.
Background and approach
He listens first, then helps people name what matters most. He draws on client-centered work to honor each person’s pace and perspective. He pairs that with cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot patterns and try small experiments that can reduce anxiety and stress.
Many clients come for help with communication problems, divorce or separation, and family of origin issues. He also supports people facing aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life matters, and struggles with guilt or shame. Men’s issues, fatherhood challenges, and questions about sexuality or life purpose are part of his day-to-day work.
Russell uses mindfulness practices to help with moment-to-moment stress and psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that keep showing up. He also uses the Gottman Method when relationship skills are the focus. Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical, with steps to try between meetings.
People who prefer clear talk, simple tools, and steady support tend to find his style helpful. He encourages realistic goals and checks in on progress each week. Getting started is a matter of deciding what change would matter most and taking one small step toward it.
How Russell’s Approaches Work Online
Russell often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to address anxiety and stress. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the person, helping them feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety going and helps people try new ways of responding.He also uses the Gottman Method when relationship skills are the main concern. That approach teaches concrete communication skills and conflict tools couples can practice between sessions to improve understanding and reduce repeating arguments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Russell will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines, and together they decide which methods to try. He adapts the plan as progress is made, so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging work well for short updates or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English
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