About Scott
Scott Kilousky is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. He creates a calm, accepting space where clients can talk through the experiences that led them here and work toward clearer goals. His style is cooperative and low-pressure, aimed at practical change.
Scott uses a person-centered stance that puts the client's perspective first. He listens closely and reflects what he hears so people can better understand their feelings and choices.
Background and approach
That can be especially useful for concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, or trouble with self-esteem. He also draws on existential ideas to help clients explore meaning, responsibility, and the big life questions that often sit behind symptoms. That approach can help people wrestling with life purpose, isolation, or major transitions.
Scott pairs those perspectives with solution-focused work to identify small, achievable steps toward change. Scott's background includes four years of clinical practice in Hawaii as an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist. His areas of focus include addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue, along with communication problems and forgiveness work.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Scott helps people break large problems into manageable actions and checks in about what is working. He aims to be practical, clear, and respectful while helping clients move forward at their own pace.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Scott blends client-centered, existential, and solution-focused work into online sessions that aim to be both reflective and action-oriented. Client-centered Therapy emphasizes being listened to and understood; online meetings allow that same patient, attentive listening and space to reflect. Existential Therapy invites conversations about meaning, choice, and responsibility, which can be explored over a series of video or phone sessions to work through big questions and life transitions. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on concrete steps and small changes, making it easy to set short-term goals and track progress between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Scott collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. He checks in regularly and adjusts focus based on what the client finds helpful, so the plan evolves with the work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent amid a changing schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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