About Jason
Jason Vandewater is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. He focuses on helping people move forward in recovery and reach practical goals. Jason emphasizes a person-centered approach that meets each individual where they are.
He centers sessions on clear, achievable steps. Clients co-create concrete plans with action items that fit daily life. He also offers coaching-style support for work and career transitions to help people manage change and progress toward goals.
Background and approach
Therapy sessions aim to build perseverance and flexibility. Jason uses methods that encourage stronger self-worth and steady progress rather than quick fixes. He draws on several well-known approaches to match interventions to each person's needs.
Jason works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD among other concerns. He also helps with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges that come with life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and substance use issues.
In sessions he keeps language direct and practical. People can expect to talk through specific steps, practice skills, and check progress over time. Jason welcomes questions about how therapy will fit into someone’s life and goals.
How his approaches guide online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's priorities and preferences. Sessions emphasize active listening, empathy, and collaboration to help people set and pursue goals that matter to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses simple, practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication. It can be helpful for intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and problems with impulsive behavior.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help figure out which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York, Florida, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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