About William
William Perks is a licensed social worker with 39 years of experience. He is a LICSW and holds an LISW-CP and practices in South Carolina. He shares a broad set of resources online and aims to help people understand practical steps for coping with life stressors.
He offers clear, structured options for people who want focused work. One example is an eight-session intensive called "I AM READY" that mixes information, activities, and skills.
Background and approach
People may stop after four sessions if they prefer a shorter introduction. The aim is to leave clients better equipped to manage things on their own or to continue with further support. His approach emphasizes examining thoughts and behaviors, life history, beliefs, values, and goals.
He uses that review to help people see more choices and to try new responses. William draws on approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered methods to guide practical change. In addition to one-on-one sessions, he curates informational playlists and discussion groups online that cover coping, grief, ADHD, recovery, and life stages.
Those resources are intended to supplement conversations in therapy and point people to further reading and tools. William works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, addictions, parenting challenges, LGBT issues, intimacy concerns, and phobias. He also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness, attachment and abandonment issues, and first responder strain.
He combines steady listening with clear, goal-focused steps so people know what to try between sessions.
Approaches for online healing and practical change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small, values-driven steps even when difficult thoughts or feelings arrive. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for phobias, stress, and mood concerns because it gives concrete tools to try between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and goals. That approach supports exploration and self-directed problem solving across many life issues.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress and needs change.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video lets you use visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth, chat and messaging work for short check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options give flexibility for practicing skills, checking progress, and keeping momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 39 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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