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Priscilla Williams

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Priscilla Williams, LCSW

Missouri

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Missouri / 2023013955; LCSW, Oregon / L14257
  • NPI1023639283
  • Experience6 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMissouri

About

  • Anger management skills
  • Communication work
  • Mindfulness practice

About Priscilla

Priscilla Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Missouri and Oregon with six years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, anger, and work-related pressures. Her practice also includes support for LGBT concerns, ADHD, bipolar, and career or life transitions.

Priscilla draws on practical, evidence-informed approaches in sessions. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose useful actions. She also uses Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused methods to make space for feelings and to improve communication with others.

In conversation she focuses on strengths and clear next steps. Sessions include talking through what triggers intense reactions, practicing new responses, and working on communication where resentment or anger builds. She frames goals in everyday terms so progress is visible and usable between sessions.

Priscilla has worked in program advising for leadership at a university and brings that background into problem-solving and life planning. Her clinical work has covered a range of stressors, including caregiving strain, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and first responder stress.

She offers therapy in English and holds Missouri licensure as OR LCSW, MO LCSW. To begin, clients follow the platform process to match and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small, committed actions even when strong emotions arise. It is useful for anger that gets in the way of relationships or work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing concrete behavior changes to reduce reactive responses. It is practical for workplace frustration and daily stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Priscilla treats approach selection as collaborative; she will review what is effective, what feels comfortable, and what matches a client’s goals. That way sessions focus on methods that feel useful and realistic for the person seeking help.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Many people find virtual sessions help them practice skills in the context of everyday life, and licensed professionals adapt exercises so work can continue between appointments.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessInfidelityJealousyObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Listed in

Missouri, Oregon

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger problems does she address?

She works with adults who snap at loved ones, hold growing resentment, feel overwhelmed at work, or struggle with someone else’s anger at home.

What is her style in sessions?

Sessions are practical and conversational. She focuses on strengths, clear steps, and exercises you can use between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has six years of professional and clinical work experience, including roles in program advising and direct clinical practice.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licensure noted as OR LCSW and MO LCSW, based in Missouri.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are session formats handled?

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Please check the platform match step for available session types.

How does payment and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, use the See online therapy options button and complete the short matching questionnaire, then schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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