About Sean
Sean Young is a licensed master social worker who has practiced for 28 years in Michigan. He brings long experience to everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship pain. Sean speaks plainly and aims to make therapy understandable for people who feel overwhelmed.
He offers a direct but compassionate approach in sessions. Conversations focus on what matters now - managing emotions, coping with life changes, and improving communication. Sean uses a mix of methods to match each person's needs rather than a single fixed style.
How Sean works
Clients can expect practical tools alongside deeper discussion. He uses techniques that help people challenge unhelpful thoughts, work through attachment and abandonment concerns, and address trauma-related reactions. Sessions also cover issues such as grief, addictive behavior, eating and sleeping struggles, anger, and self-esteem.
Sean has treated a wide range of complex concerns across his career. His additional focus areas include adoption and foster care matters, domestic violence effects, divorce and separation, first responder stresses, and HIV/AIDS related challenges. He also addresses co-morbidity and communication or control problems that complicate recovery.
In meetings he aims to be straightforward and respectful. People who want clear guidance, concrete strategies, and steady support may find his style fitting. He helps clients set goals and builds steps they can use outside sessions.
Sean lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Sean works with
The areas below are the ones Sean selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Sean's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening carefully and following the client's lead to build trust and clarity. It helps people who need acceptance, emotional support, and a space to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change them; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, looks at emotional patterns in close relationships and helps people express needs and repair connection when intimacy or attachment is strained.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sean will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions may start with one approach and shift over time as needs change, with the client involved in planning the direction.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial expressions and work in real time, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging makes it easy to continue work between meetings. These options help people maintain regular care around work, family, and travel.
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