About Scotty
Scotty Hixson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses a warm, down-to-earth style in sessions. He focuses on practical steps people can try right away to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Scotty speaks plainly and invites honesty, aiming to make therapy feel less scary and more like steady practice.
He leans on client-centered work so the person sets the agenda and moves at a comfortable pace. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try small, testable changes.
Background and approach
Mindfulness strategies are added to help calm the body and refocus attention in stressful moments. Scotty draws on 15 years of experience across outpatient clinics, inpatient acute care, and residential settings. That background informs how he supports people struggling with addiction, trauma, depression, grief, and major life changes.
He also helps with relationship concerns, workplace stress, and self-esteem issues. Sessions are straightforward and often mix talking with practical exercises. He encourages humor when it helps and believes in being honest rather than overly clinical.
Goals are set in small steps so progress feels manageable instead of overwhelming. Scotty lives and practices in Oklahoma and offers services in English. He accepts international clients and works with people dealing with co-morbidity, communication problems, fatherhood issues, post-traumatic stress, and other focused concerns.
The aim is always to help clients build skills that fit their everyday lives.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Scotty uses client-centered therapy to let the person set priorities and move at a comfortable pace, which translates well to remote work because sessions can be tailored to what matters most each week. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small changes in behavior; this approach pairs well with online sessions through shared homework and brief check-ins between meetings.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. He will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative stance helps people feel in control while trying new skills at a steady pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and real-time exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection and reminders. These options make therapy easier to fit into busy lives and help maintain momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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