About Samuel
Samuel Higgerson is a licensed clinical social worker who aims to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. He emphasizes a calm, open approach where clients can say what they need to say without feeling judged. He acknowledges that reaching out takes courage and offers a steady presence through that first step.
Samuel helps people with relationship struggles, parenting questions, anger, low self-esteem, and motivation. He also addresses grief, intimacy-related concerns, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.
How Samuel works
His practice includes support for neurodiversity topics such as ADHD and autism spectrum concerns, and practical issues like caregiver stress and chronic health challenges. In sessions he focuses on clear, simple tools that people can use between meetings. Samuel draws on methods that teach new ways to handle thoughts, manage emotions, and improve communication.
He works to adapt techniques to what each person actually needs, rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. He has eight years of clinical experience and holds an LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, in Illinois. That background informs how he structures sessions and sets goals with clients.
Samuel aims to help people build routines that feel achievable and meaningful. People meet with him for short-term coaching or longer work on deeper issues. He offers straightforward, practical guidance and listens for the small changes that add up over time.
Samuel lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Samuel works with
The areas below are the ones Samuel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with depression, anxiety, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and can be useful for intimacy and communication concerns.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Samuel will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Sessions can blend elements from different methods until a good fit emerges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit into a tight schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make care more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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