About Thomas
Thomas Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Pennsylvania. He holds an LCSW and brings a calm, direct style to sessions. He often helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and ADHD.
Thomas aims to make therapy practical and understandable for everyday life. He uses several approaches and chooses methods with each person based on their goals. Sessions focus on problem solving, building coping skills, and making small changes that add up.
Background and approach
He speaks plainly about what to try at home and how to measure progress week to week. Thomas has three years of professional experience as an LCSW. That background shapes how he balances short-term strategies with deeper work when it’s needed.
He draws on trauma-focused methods when past events are affecting present day functioning. People who prefer a collaborative, goal-oriented approach often find his style helpful. He also supports those navigating identity questions, relationship conflict, career stress, and sleep problems.
Conversations are straightforward and centered on practical next steps. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Thomas works with each person to pick the format and pace that match their life.
The focus is on steady, doable change rather than quick fixes.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Thomas often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change mood and daily functioning. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and attention-related difficulties.He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories and their emotional impact. EMDR can help reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and ease symptoms that interfere with daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, test a few methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process lets people combine short-term skill building with deeper trauma work when appropriate.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain consistent contact and try different formats as needs change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- 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)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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