About Will
Will Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of experience helping people navigate hard life moments. He is based in Illinois and brings a straightforward, practical style to sessions. Will focuses on creating a calm space where people can say what they’re feeling.
He welcomes direct conversation about difficult topics like trauma and anger. He helps people address stress, anxiety, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Career changes and coping with life transitions are also common topics he addresses.
How Will works
Relationship strain, parenting questions, and issues around commitment and communication are part of his day-to-day work. Will uses trauma-focused methods to help people process painful events and reduce their ongoing impact. He also relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
Together these approaches aim to create practical steps to feel better and act differently. Sessions are meant to feel direct and collaborative. He listens first, then helps people set clear, realistic goals.
Progress is measured in small changes people can notice in daily life. He has a particular interest in men’s mental health and fatherhood, and he has experience assisting people reentering society after incarceration. Will’s approach centers on respect, honest feedback, and helping people build forward momentum.
Will lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Will works with
The areas below are the ones Will selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Will uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT sessions often involve setting small goals, trying new behaviors between meetings, and reviewing what worked. This approach can help with anxiety, stress, low mood, and self-esteem.He also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of traumatic experiences. That work focuses on understanding how trauma affects daily life and building skills for managing strong emotions and memories. It is often paced to match how comfortable a person feels and aims to reduce trauma-related symptoms over time.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then tailor methods to each person. People often try one approach and adjust as needed based on what helps them make progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain regular contact with a licensed professional.
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