About Scott
Scott Pranis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 19 years of experience. He helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, and the ups and downs of relationships and parenting. Scott aims to meet people where they are and focus on practical steps for daily life.
He uses a straightforward, person-focused style in sessions. Conversations are warm and nonjudgmental but stay goal-oriented. Scott listens for what matters most to each person and then works with them to try different ways to handle problems.
Background and approach
Scott draws on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. He uses these methods to help with things like managing anxious thoughts, improving communication, handling grief, and coping with major life changes. Sessions often include skill-building, exploring patterns, and setting short-term goals.
His background includes long-term work in clinics, hospitals, correctional settings, and home-based care. That variety shaped a practical approach to difficult problems like trauma, addiction, bipolar disorder, and workplace stress. Scott also supports people dealing with blended family issues, caregiver stress, impulsivity, and midlife transitions.
Scott offers video, phone, chat, and text options to fit different needs. He invites people to start by describing what they'd like to change and then plans sessions that match those goals.
How Scott’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and valuing each person's perspective. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions to relationship strain, low self-esteem, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down patterns of thinking and behavior that feed anxiety and depression. Sessions often include simple exercises to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions, which can be useful for stress, panic, and mood challenges.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions and impulsivity. It offers concrete tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and improving communication during heated moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Scott will work with each person to match strategies to their needs and goals, trying different techniques and adjusting based on what helps. Clients set priorities and the plan evolves from session to session.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good when visual cues matter, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can fit quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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