About Scott
Scott Heider is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction. He offers straightforward support for everyday struggles like relationship friction, parenting strain, career setbacks, and major life changes. Scott writes and talks in plain language so people can focus on what matters now.
In sessions he keeps things practical and grounded. He listens closely, helps people name what matters to them, and works on steps they can use between appointments.
Background and approach
Techniques come from approaches that focus on values, changing unhelpful thoughts, and building emotional skills. Scott’s background includes work across many settings. That experience shaped a flexible style that adapts to different life situations and stressors.
He aims to help people reconnect with their strengths and find small ways to make life more manageable. Clients can expect clear goals and concrete tools. Scott often combines talking with exercises that target thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and healthier communication.
The goal is better day-to-day functioning and a clearer sense of direction. He practices in New York and conducts sessions in English. Scott supports people through burnout, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, ADHD concerns, and a wide range of challenges that affect mood and relationships.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small committed actions toward them, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings appear. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build self-understanding and confidence.Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. Scott will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Sessions can mix techniques so people get what fits their needs and feels most helpful.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make work on goals more convenient. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and teaching new skills. Phone sessions can fit into a short work break or when a stable internet connection is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer meetings. These options let people schedule care around real life and keep therapy consistent over time.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- 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 problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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