About Si
Si Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Idaho who helps people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD challenges, relationship problems, grief, and mood concerns. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Si aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space where clients can talk through what feels overwhelming and try out different ways of coping.
He trained in psychology and social work and has nine years of experience in clinical and community settings.
Background and approach
Early roles included AmeriCorps service in rural schools and hands-on work as a wilderness counselor and mentor in therapeutic residential programs. Those experiences shaped a style that blends direct feedback with curiosity and warmth. Si draws on client-centered and existential ideas to help people clarify values and make meaning from life changes.
He pairs those ideas with cognitive behavioral tools to notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit a client’s goals. Sessions may include discussion, guided exercises, journaling prompts, role-play, and brief relaxation practices.
He sometimes uses art or written work to help people express difficult feelings and try new perspectives. The focus is on building practical skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Si tends to tailor each plan to the individual.
He listens for strengths, points out patterns that get in the way, and works with clients to choose small, achievable changes that add up over time.
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Si blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices in ways that translate well to remote sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping clients name their priorities; it suits people who want a supportive space to think things through. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches clear skills for spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes, which works well in short exercises and between-session tasks. Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple exercises for grounding, attention, and reducing reactivity that can be practiced in daily life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Si will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, strengths, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is meant to be flexible and responsive rather than fixed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering practical benefits like fitting a session into a work break, avoiding heavy bandwidth when needed, or using short messages for quick check-ins. These options make it easier to practice skills between meetings, try written exercises, and keep steady contact while building new routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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