About Scott
Dr. Scott Shaw helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to start. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that can reduce stress and increase everyday coping.
He sees people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, addiction, and other life changes. Dr. Shaw holds LPC and LMSW credentials and brings 25 years of clinical experience in Michigan.
In sessions he aims for straightforward conversation.
Background and approach
He listens first, then works with each person to set clear, realistic goals. Therapy can include short-term skill building for sleep, eating, or anger, and longer work around trauma, attachment, or identity issues. He also offers coaching-style support for career or motivation challenges.
He commonly uses approaches that focus on thoughts, feelings, and meaningful action. That can mean learning to notice unhelpful thinking, practicing emotional connection skills, or clarifying values to guide decisions. He adapts methods to what feels useful for the person in front of him rather than following a single script.
Sessions are offered in several online formats, including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. People appreciate having options that fit their schedules and comfort with technology. Dr.
Shaw explains each step and checks in often to make sure the work stays relevant. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every meeting. If someone wants a calm, practical guide through anxiety, trauma, life transitions, or questions about identity and intimacy, he provides steady, experienced support.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take action based on what matters to them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles because it links values to practical change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with small, real-world experiments to reduce symptoms like worry, sleep problems, and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand emotional responses and improve how they connect with others, which can help with intimacy and communication issues.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they choose or mix methods so sessions stay focused and useful instead of following one fixed method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain steady progress across weeks.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas
- Languages
- English