About Scotty
Scotty Hixson uses a client-centered approach and practical therapies to help people make steady changes. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings 15 years of counseling experience to work through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship or parenting struggles. He keeps sessions straightforward and down-to-earth.
He encourages honest talk and won’t expect people to act a certain way. Humor is part of his style when it fits, and he aims to help people build coping skills without judgment.
How Scotty works
Scotty blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness tools. That means he helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different responses, and practice simple skills that reduce day-to-day stress. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help shape clear, manageable steps toward goals.
His background includes outpatient counseling, inpatient acute care, and residential substance use treatment. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2010 and a master’s degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2015. He became an OK Licensed Professional Counselor in 2020.
Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s comfort. Scotty focuses on realistic changes - thinking more flexibly, reducing destructive patterns, and building better routines. He supports people working through trauma, depression, workplace issues, parenting concerns, and struggles with drugs or alcohol.
Scotty aims to be a steady, nonjudgmental presence while clients try new ways of coping. He helps people take small steps that add up to better daily functioning and improved relationships.
Scotty lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Scotty works with
The areas below are the ones Scotty selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
How therapy methods translate to online care
Client-centered therapy puts you in charge of what to work on and how fast to move. Online sessions let that collaboration happen from wherever fits your life, so conversations and goals stay focused on what matters to you.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. In video or phone sessions, a therapist can teach simple CBT exercises, review progress, and assign short practice tasks between meetings.
Mindfulness therapy emphasizes noticing thoughts and bodily sensations without overreacting. Brief guided mindfulness practices can be delivered in real time during live sessions or through short text or audio check-ins to support daily practice.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different approaches and adapt methods to your needs, goals, and comfort level in a collaborative way. You and the therapist can try methods and adjust as progress is seen.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and practicing techniques together, phone works well for lower bandwidth or focused check-ins, chat suits short problem-solving or emotional support, and messaging helps track thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and 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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