About Duncan
Duncan Hall is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship challenges. He focuses on clear, practical work in sessions so people leave with usable steps. Duncan speaks plainly and keeps the pace steady to help people feel more capable between meetings.
He uses client-centered work to understand each person's experience. That means listening without judgment and shaping sessions around what matters most to the individual.
How Duncan works
He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits that reduce anxiety and improve mood. Duncan has long experience supporting people through life changes like career shifting, separation, grief, or the strain of parenting. He helps with communication problems, anger, intimacy-related concerns, and issues around commitment or infidelity.
He also works with people facing ADHD, addictions, impulsivity, and related challenges. Sessions emphasize straightforward tools and steps: clarifying goals, practicing new ways of relating, and setting short-term experiments to try between meetings. He blends listening with concrete strategies so progress is measurable and understandable.
Many people find this combination of empathy and action helpful when life feels overwhelming. Work is offered in English and takes place online through video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Duncan is licensed in Illinois as an LCSW and integrates experience and practical techniques to help people move forward.
Duncan lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Duncan works with
The areas below are the ones Duncan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online with practical support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person’s experience and building sessions around their priorities; it helps when someone needs a compassionate listener and space to sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for stress, mood, and behavior change. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and strengthens motivation for goals like reducing substance use or improving routines.Duncan will work collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. He listens to your goals and preferences, then suggests methods to try. Over a few sessions he adjusts the plan based on what helps most, so the work stays focused on real-world progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues for deeper conversations, phone may work when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or ongoing coaching support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping sessions practical and goal oriented.
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