Seán Harrington, LCSW

Seán Harrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 26 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and related issues. He also works with people facing depression, grief, addiction, relationship intimacy questions, and career or workplace stresses.

Seán uses a straightforward approach in sessions. He helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns, then tries different ways to respond. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to keep work practical and goal-oriented. Sessions are conversational and action-focused rather than purely reflective.

In early meetings he talks through immediate goals and small steps to try between sessions. That can include trying new behaviors, testing assumptions, and tracking what changes. He pays attention to family history and caregiver stresses when those are relevant to current problems.

Seán often supports people dealing with adoption and foster care questions, family of origin issues, forgiveness and guilt, and first responder stresses. He also addresses men's issues, young adult transitions, and challenges like seasonal affective disorder and compassion fatigue.

People can expect clear, practical suggestions and a focus on skills they can use in day-to-day life. He asks about what has worked before and what feels doable now. He encourages small experiments that help people evaluate whether a change is helpful.

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