Dr. Scott Shaw, LPC, LMSW

Dr. Scott Shaw greets people with a calm, practical approach to common struggles. He helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, motivation, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. He aims to make the first step easier and to support people as they work toward a more satisfying life.

Scott holds LPC and LMSW credentials and brings 25 years of professional experience to his practice in Michigan. He treats conversations as a collaboration, shaping sessions around each person's needs and goals. He focuses on what matters most to the client rather than using one fixed method.

In sessions he listens for practical ways to reduce overwhelming feelings and to rebuild everyday routines. He combines tools for managing thoughts and behaviors with attention to emotional connection and values-based choices. This mix helps when people face grief, relationship strain, addiction concerns, or changes in work and caregiving roles.

He also works with concerns such as ADHD, burnout and compassion fatigue, body image, and identity issues for LGBT people. Additional areas of focus include chronic illness and pain, aging and geriatric issues, and kink and alternative sexual cultures when those topics are relevant to a person's goals.

Scott aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. He invites prospective clients to start with a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to his availability so they can see whether his style fits their needs.

How his approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small, consistent actions toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with major life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape emotional responses and connection patterns, which can help with intimacy issues, trust concerns, and relationship distress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience, offering a nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead and supports self-directed growth.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and needs and together decide what methods to try. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions so the work fits the individual's situation and pace.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Generally, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use audio-only sessions if bandwidth is limited or video feels too demanding. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, attachment-focused work, and client-centered methods to online sessions so the practical tasks and conversations continue between meetings.