About Pia
Dr. Pia Scott-Boston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who blends practical methods with respectful listening. She draws on 12 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions.
Her approach is calm and direct, focused on what will make day-to-day life more manageable for each person. She often uses acceptance and commitment ideas alongside cognitive behavioral and client-centered techniques to build skills a person can use right away.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps toward them. Dr. Scott helps people name priorities, try new ways of coping, and notice progress along the way.
Her background includes work in higher education, nonprofits, and state government, and she has supported veterans, college students, and people with disabilities. That experience informs how she handles workplace stress, career questions, and multicultural concerns. She pays attention to how identity and life roles shape each person’s experience.
People meet practical tools in sessions, such as ways to manage anxiety, routines for coping with grief, and strategies for improving communication. She also supports exploration of life purpose and self-worth. The goal is to leave each session with a small, usable plan.
Dr. Scott aims for a welcoming, collaborative relationship. She helps people set reachable goals and practices skills together so those skills stick.
Her style is supportive, straightforward, and geared toward everyday change.
Therapeutic approaches for online counseling and change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and living with difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most comfortable. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps in real life, so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make meetings flexible. Video lets people read facial expressions and build rapport, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or family responsibilities while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English