About Jerry
Jerry Utt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience. He combines practical talk, clear strategies, and steady support to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and other life challenges. He trained early in military behavioral health and later earned a Master of Social Work from the University of South Carolina.
Over three decades he has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, helping people through crises and complex problems.
Background and approach
His background includes work with behavioral health and substance use issues, sometimes occurring together. In sessions he uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address anger, negative thinking, and self-harm behaviors. He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness practices to help people notice what matters and build actions around it.
Motivational Interviewing is part of his approach for people working through substance concerns or ambivalence about change. Many clients come for help with relationships, parenting stress, career transitions, or coping with chronic illness and grief. He also has experience with ADHD, bipolar disorder, and trauma-related problems.
He aims to make treatment straightforward and usable in day-to-day life. Jerry focuses on clear steps, practical tools, and steady support rather than jargon. He works with each person to set realistic goals and track small, meaningful progress over time.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when feelings are difficult. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and homework. It often helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and self-harm behaviors. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build present-moment awareness, which supports stress and emotion regulation.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Together you can adjust techniques over time, mixing elements from different approaches to see what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide flexible ways to check in between sessions or to share brief updates. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to continue care when travel or mobility is an issue.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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