About Thomas
Thomas Zumwalt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 32 years in the mental health field. He practices in Oklahoma and helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. He aims to create an open space where clients can talk about their thoughts and feelings without judgment.
Thomas began a career in business and sales and later changed directions after his father died. That shift led him to study at the University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma and move into clinical work.
Background and approach
His long career includes time in psychiatric hospitals, residential hospitals, intermediate care facilities, in-home services, and nursing homes. Those varied settings shaped a broad perspective on common struggles. He works with adults across a range of life challenges, including chronic pain and illness, caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment issues, and mood disorders.
He also focuses on concerns such as communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and social anxiety. Thomas describes his approach as nonjudgmental and empowering. He partners with people to find practical solutions that fit their life.
He keeps active outside work by coaching and playing sports, including ice hockey and boxing, activities that continue to inform his approach to resilience and motivation. He is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and offers services in English. Thomas accepts international clients and supports people ready to take the first step toward a more fulfilling life.
Approaches and Online Options for Anxiety and Stress
Thomas uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical steps. One common approach helps people learn skills to manage worry and physical tension; sessions teach coping strategies and ways to reduce anxious thinking. Another approach helps people process grief and loss through structured conversation and paced emotional support to help restore routine and meaning.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Thomas will work together with each person to decide which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning can change over time as progress is tracked and priorities shift.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for ongoing support between longer sessions or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping focus on practical tools for anxiety, stress, and related concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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