About Scott
Dr. Scott Lovaas helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, addiction, grief, ADHD, and other life changes. He listens closely and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical.
He blends direct feedback with warmth to help people move forward. He uses a mix of approaches rather than one single method. Sessions tend to focus on understanding the whole situation and finding simple, workable steps.
He is candid but compassionate and often highlights small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Scott holds a Master of Social Work and uses the LCSW credential in his practice. He also has a background in divinity and media studies, which shapes his broad view of people’s challenges. He brings three decades of clinical experience to conversations about coping, meaning, and practical problem solving.
Clients can expect an adaptive style that combines listening with targeted suggestions. He often draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to address thinking patterns and on client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the individual. Existential and psychodynamic perspectives sometimes inform deeper questions about values and history.
Outside of clinical work he has traveled extensively and is a certified Laughing Yoga instructor, which reflects his interest in creative ways to support wellbeing. He describes his stance as curious, grateful, and curious again - eager to learn each person’s story.
He works with adults from Virginia and brings practical coaching elements when people want help with career choices, parenting stress, or managing daily routines.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on hearing the person without judgment and following what matters most to them; it helps when someone needs understanding and support to sort priorities and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills for anxiety, mood, sleep, and ADHD-related routines. Existential therapy invites discussion about meaning, choice, and life transitions and can be useful when people face big questions about purpose or loss.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill-building, deeper personal reflection, or a mix of methods as sessions progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different needs. Video can approximate an in-person conversation, phone calls use less bandwidth, chat can work for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or when travel is difficult, while allowing the therapist to adapt methods to the format chosen.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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