Scott is a licensed professional counselor who works with adults of all ages, including individuals and couples. He completed his undergraduate studies at Allegheny College, and he received his graduate-level training from the Adler School of Professional Psychology. He is certified by the National Board of Certified Counselors.
Before his work as a therapist, Scott spent over a decade as an editor at two national magazines and at the University of Chicago Press, where he helped authors publish award-winning books and articles about science, the environment, and human relationships with the natural world. In the course of that work, he developed an interest in how the stories we tell—and the stories we are told—shape our experience of ourselves.
This point of view informs Scott’s approach to counseling, which he sees as a creative process defined by the construction, understanding, and honoring of a person’s story. He believes that every person is born with forms of intelligence and ability, and that these innate gifts are drawn out, shaped, or subdued by life experience. His aim is to help individuals recognize and cultivate these gifts, and to incorporate them into the ongoing stories of their lives.
Scott’s practice focuses on life-transition issues, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, loneliness and relationship building, and identity formation. He also helps people struggling with aspects of Borderline Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and various forms of traumatic experience. He works well with individuals who want to learn more about themselves and create meaningful change in their lives.
Scott also works with couples, with a focus on treating life-transition challenges, communication problems, and infidelity. His aim in this context is to identify and understand dysfunctional patterns at the heart of relationships, while helping couples build trust, resolve conflicts, and deepen their emotional bond. Scott emphasizes an approach that is driven by curiosity and compassion, as well as respect for each member of the couple, regardless of the circumstances that bring them to counseling.
Specializations:
Depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief and loss, interpersonal conflict, intrapersonal identity
formation, couples and marital therapy, family therapy, working through infidelity, trauma, Personality Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
Currently Working With: young adults, mid-life adults, older adults, couples and families.
Theoretical Lens:
Person-Centered, Psychodynamic, Adlerian, Narrative, Existential, Strength-based Cognitive-
Behavioral, emotion-focused therapy.
