A. "Roger" Crooks, LCSW

A. "Roger" Crooks is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience helping individuals, children, couples, and families navigate life’s challenges. He combines an eclectic, client-centered stance with solution-focused practices, guiding people to identify strengths, build practical skills, and pursue meaningful change in manageable steps.

He emphasizes a collaborative and respectful therapy relationship where clients feel heard and supported while working toward clear goals. By focusing on efficient progress, he aims to help clients develop resilience and tools that support long-term well-being.

Roger has experience addressing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, low self-esteem, and depression, and he also focuses on fatherhood issues, midlife transition, panic disorder and panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety. His approach blends practical skill building with evidence-informed techniques so clients can apply strategies in day-to-day life and notice tangible improvements over time.

Throughout his practice, he seeks to balance short-term problem solving with durable growth, helping people move from surviving to thriving through steady, achievable steps.

Client-Centered and Solution-Focused Care Online

Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person’s unique perspective and priorities. In this approach the therapist listens closely and helps clients explore their values and choices, supporting emotional processing and stronger self-awareness - useful for relationship concerns, family dynamics, and self-esteem challenges.

Solution-focused therapy centers on identifying strengths and small, practical steps that produce change. It helps clients set clear, achievable goals and practice skills that reduce stress, anxiety, panic symptoms, and day-to-day difficulties, making progress feel manageable and results-oriented.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques over time so progress is both meaningful and sustainable.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - allowing clients to fit care into busy schedules and access support from home. These options make it easier to maintain consistency, try different session formats, and continue therapy through life transitions while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to individual goals.