About Sean
Sean Horsley, LCSW, helps people manage stress and anxiety and the everyday problems that follow. He works with adults around depression, grief, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family concerns, and coping with life changes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and are delivered online in several formats.
He uses straightforward methods to teach practical skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Mindfulness techniques support staying present and reducing overwhelm.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing can help when someone feels stuck and wants to make a change. Sean has 23 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Utah. He offers individual and couple sessions and helps people navigate issues like caregiving stress, chronic illness, codependency, and parenting strain.
He also addresses trauma, intimacy-related concerns, sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue. In sessions he focuses on clear goals and step-by-step strategies. People work on specific skills, practice them between meetings, and track progress.
He adapts techniques to what each person finds most helpful and practical. His approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. He aims to make therapy useful and usable in daily life.
New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions that fit their needs.
Practical approaches for online care
Sean blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy to help people cope with anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to ease overwhelm and build tolerance for difficult feelings.He also uses Motivational Interviewing when someone feels uncertain about change. This method involves listening for a person’s own reasons to change and guiding small, manageable steps forward. Together these approaches emphasize actionable skills and steady progress rather than long theoretical talks.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist and client decide what to try based on current problems, goals, and what feels workable in day-to-day life. Techniques are adjusted over time so sessions remain focused and relevant.
Online therapy makes regular work on goals more practical. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and get quick coaching on coping skills. These options allow therapy to fit into work, caregiving, and busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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