About Si
Si Thompson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship concerns. He writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. He often supports people facing parenting strains, ADHD challenges, trauma, and changes like divorce or career shifts.
Thompson trained with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Master of Social Work. He has nine years of experience working in schools, residential programs, and wilderness counseling settings.
Background and approach
His background includes AmeriCorps service in rural schools and mentoring in therapeutic programs, all of which shaped his practical, down-to-earth style. In sessions he focuses on the person in front of him, not just a diagnosis. He uses client-centered conversation to build trust and then draws on cognitive behavioral tools to test unhelpful thoughts.
He also brings existential ideas about meaning and choice when people are wrestling with life direction. Practical techniques are common in his work. He uses journaling, role-play, relaxation exercises, and narrative writing to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
He tailors those tools to each person’s situation, whether they are coping with sleep problems, anger, or low self-esteem. People meet him where they are and set goals together. He emphasizes curiosity, respect, and direct feedback so people can learn skills and make steady changes over time.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following each person's lead to understand what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through stress, relationship questions, or parenting struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches people to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and patterns that keep people stuck. Existential ideas are also brought in to talk about meaning and choices when life changes feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. Goals and techniques are revisited regularly so the plan can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for deeper conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, school, or travel schedules while using the chosen therapeutic tools effectively.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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