About Chad
Chad Scott uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, bipolar challenges, and major life changes. He is Chad Scott, LPCC, and brings two decades of mental health experience to his work. He keeps sessions straightforward and focused on practical steps people can try between meetings.
He believes clients know their own stories best and builds on those strengths. Sessions are collaborative conversations that aim to clarify goals and identify small changes that make day-to-day life more manageable.
Background and approach
He often helps people with motivation, confidence, and coping strategies when routines or roles shift. Chad has a Ph.D. in counseling and many years teaching psychology at Bemidji State University. That background informs his clear explanations of why certain approaches may help.
He has written for local newspapers and is a bestselling author on Amazon, often translating research into useful tips. His experience also includes supporting people with mood disorders, chronic illness and pain, fatherhood issues, first responder stress, and reactions to disaster. He offers practical tools for social anxiety, jealousy, and finding life purpose.
Sessions aim to be realistic and doable for everyday life. Outside work he pursues aviation, SCUBA diving, hiking, and golf. He enjoys travel and cheering for state and local sports teams.
His style is direct but warm, focused on helping people move forward one step at a time.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Access
Chad uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical strategies people can use right away. One common approach emphasizes identifying thought patterns and testing them against real life to reduce anxiety and improve mood. This method helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try alternative, more balanced thoughts.Another frequently used approach centers on building small behavioral changes over time. It involves setting manageable goals, practicing new habits, and tracking progress to boost motivation and self-esteem. This work is useful for career transitions, coping with life changes, and managing low motivation or mood swings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaborative process includes checking what is helping and adjusting strategies when needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter check-ins and a way to keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English