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LSCSW, LCSW

Adam Hewitt, LSCSW, LCSW

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationMissouri
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Anger
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Adam

Adam Hewitt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW, LCSW) who emphasizes Internal Family Systems alongside mindfulness-informed methods to help clients access inner strengths and build lasting change.

Background and approach

Based in Missouri, he brings a decade of clinical experience working with issues such as stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, and challenges related to identity and self-esteem. His practice highlights a strengths-based stance, guiding people to recognize and mobilize their own resources when facing fears, addictive behaviors, or significant life transitions.

Known for a straightforward and respectful approach, Adam aims to create a collaborative environment where clients set the pace and priorities. He attends to how technology and culture shape daily life and adapts interventions to practical needs, whether addressing grief, parenting difficulties, career concerns, ADHD, or compassion fatigue.

Adam’s background includes work as a mental health therapist and a substance abuse counselor, and he focuses on helping individuals feel empowered to take control and move toward goals that matter to them.

Integrating IFS and Evidence-Based Methods in Online Therapy

Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people notice and welcome different inner parts - protective parts, vulnerable parts, and core aspects of self - so they can reduce internal conflict and respond to life with greater clarity and calm. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages present-focused awareness and values-guided action, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating difficult life changes. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, offering empathic listening and nonjudgmental support to foster self-understanding and growth.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is part of the work; Adam collaborates with clients to determine which methods or combination of approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process includes exploring which interventions feel most helpful and adjusting the plan as progress and priorities evolve.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which supports flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make consistent engagement easier for those balancing work, travel, or other obligations, and they allow therapists to tailor pacing and exercises to the way each person prefers to connect.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Adam address?
He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, and ADHD among many others listed in his specialties.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Adam emphasizes a strengths-based, mindfulness-informed approach and uses collaborative, respectful communication to help clients explore internal parts and develop practical coping skills.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 10 years of experience, including time as a mental health therapist and substance abuse counselor prior to his current practice.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He holds KS LSCSW LSCSW 06243 and AZ LCSW LCSW-21959 credentials and practices out of Missouri as a licensed clinical social worker.
Can non-U.S. residents work with him?
He accepts international clients and conducts sessions with English-speaking clients who are located outside the United States.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How do fees and subscriptions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working together?
To get started select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsAnger managementSelf esteemDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Missouri, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, California

Languages

English