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Sean Horsley

Sean Horsley, LCSW

Therapist in Utah

Seasoned LCSW focused on practical skills

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23 years of experience listed

LCSW professional credentials

English, Spanish languages

  • Goal oriented
  • Skill building
  • English and Spanish

About Sean

Sean Horsley is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self esteem struggles, and major life changes. He draws on many years of practice to assist clients dealing with relationship and communication issues, addictions, trauma, and challenges like chronic pain or caregiver strain. Sean works in English and Spanish and is based in Utah.

He uses practical skills training to help people handle daily stress and strong emotions. Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings. Techniques include thinking-through patterns that keep problems going and building small, steady changes that add up.

Sean blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness-based strategies in straightforward ways. He helps people set goals, notice unhelpful thinking, and practice new behaviors. The work is collaborative and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on usable tools for life outside sessions.

Over twenty years of clinical experience inform his approach. Sean has supported people facing family conflict, parenting strain, caregiver issues, and multicultural concerns. He also addresses intimacy and sexual health questions, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue.

Clients who wish to start choose the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. Sean emphasizes pacing the work to fit each person’s needs and day-to-day life.

How his approaches translate to online work

Sean commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy along with Motivational Interviewing. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with new actions to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and focus. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify what a person wants to change and builds motivation step by step.

Finding the right approach is part of the first sessions. He will work together with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape whether the work emphasizes skill practice, short-term goal setting, or mindful awareness training.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and removing travel time so people can meet from their normal routines. Please confirm current session options before booking since specific formats were not listed in the original biography. Many people find online sessions useful for shorter check-ins, steady skill practice, and consistent progress without reshuffling their whole day.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

23+ years

Credentials

Utah

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sean address?

He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self esteem struggles, relationship and family problems, addictions, trauma, chronic pain, caregiver strain, and related issues.

What is his therapy style like?

Sessions are practical and goal oriented. He focuses on skill building, noticing patterns, and small behavior changes that clients can try between meetings.

How much experience does he have?

He brings 23 years of clinical experience as a licensed clinical social worker to his practice in Utah.

What credential and region is he based in?

He is an LCSW licensed in Utah and practices with experience working in that region.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and he accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started working with him?

Select the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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