Scott Wetherhold, Psychologist, GA

Licensed

Online Counseling

(94 reviews)

MS, LMHC Scott Wetherhold

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

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Scott Wetherhold is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: MS, LMHC Years in Practice: 5 State: Georgia

I am a LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) currently licensed in Florida. I have 5 years experience in this capacity, as well as 24 years as a para-professional providing crisis response services (CISM, Peer Support) to First Responders (I am a retired Law Enforcement Officer with 28 years of experience). In addition to my first responder work, I have also had the pleasure of providing counseling services to many of the same people that I had arrested. I mention this because it is not where you've been or where you're at, but where you want to be. I value the person.

I have worked with clients over trauma issues, anxiety, depression, coping, existential/quality of life concerns, etc. I take an integrative approach to counseling, adjusting to best serve the client's needs. I am direct and factual in my approach with clients, as I don't believe in ambiguity or leaving someone guessing. That being said, effective counseling also requires warmth, caring and support. I find that a sprinkling of appropriate humor helps to facilitate the process, but most of all, sincerity is the key to a successful collaborative experience.

I bring a lot of life experience to counseling, especially trauma/crisis issues for First Responders. I do not just talk the talk, I have walked the walk.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Ranging from $60 to $90 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes Addictions Relationship issues Family conflicts Grief Anger management Career difficulties Compassion fatigue
Languages Spoken: English

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Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Reviews for Scott Wetherhold

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Scott has been a wonderful therapist. Direct when needed, explaining ideas and theory when needed, and always kind and caring. I e appreciated greatly feeling like I have someone to help as I seek to grow as a person and navigate life’s challenges.

Scott is a great therapist and he’s helped me with finding tools to manage my stress depression and paranoia

Awesome!

Scott was able help me with the issues I was facing, giving the tools I needed to get better.

Doctor Scott since I started working with you I have been able to see a change in myself. Thanks for your help over the last few months

He’s given me tools to help me out.

Scott has made me feel comfortable with this process. Great mix of personal and professional skills. Very much recommend Scott.

Scott has been extremely helpful and responsive to my therapy needs. I feel very comfortable with him and trust him as well. I have made great progress since beginning my therapy and very grateful to Scott and Betterhelp for providing this well needed service. I highly recommend Scott and have to a friend!! THANK YOU!!!

Scott is an amazing counselor and uses a variety of techniques to reach his patients. I could not recommend him more.

Me Wetherhold has helped me identify the roots of many of the problems I have been dealing with over the last several months. I leave every session feeling better and more confident in the way I handle my responses to feelings I come across in my day to day. You can tell he is a genuine guy, and I am very thankful for him.

Scott Wetherhold is the BEST therapist, and has helped Me greatly so far with only a few sessions. He has wonderful knowledge and expertise in many different areas of distress. I am happy I have him as my Therapist to walk through this journey with, and am looking forward to continuing to work with him in all my future sessions. Love his Approach to counseling!!

I was paired with a counselor who is firmly grounded, well schooled, a faithful listener who provided me the direction and help I was sorely in need of. I appreciated his Biblical background and the wisdom applied from that background. I would heartily recommend Scott to anyone in need of clear thinking and moving you to a path forward to stability in your life, providing you are serious in desiring this. I am most grateful for Scott’s help!

He has a lots of wisdom

From the top view, I never expected I would have a plan of action for both concerns after just 3 weeks! Looking at finer details inside session #2, Scott always seemed to be a step ahead of whatever I wanted to ask. He is talented at understanding the big picture and breaking it down into smaller achievable action items. I would definitely recommend Scott, and if needed like to work with him again.

I’ve tried so many therapist and wasted so much money at first I was hesitant reading Mr. Wetherholds profile because I thought he would judge me but it was completely The opposite. I’ve made more progress in 3 seasons with him than I ever did with all the others. I feel blessed!

I feel supported and listened to by my therapist. He always offers good suggestions that I can incorporate into my life.

Scott is a awesome therapist. He listens and give excellent advise. One thing I like he let me participate in the therapy and it is not one sided. He is a gift from god.

Scott was very helpful.

Scott showed me it's my reality and I'm in charge of it and my mind. I can't thank him enough!

A total game changer of a person. My mindfulness has never been better. A compassionate listener whose post session notes are super useful in reinforcing lessons.

Proactive without being pushy, also understanding of backsliding without making one feel guilty about it.

He truly changed my life for the better

Mr. Scott is an awesome therapist helped me in SO many ways I can’t ever thank him enough. Very very professional highly recommend him.

Scott is insightful and always gives me feedback I can put into action!

Mr. Scott is a top notch professional. He is very practical and each of our sessions have been productive.

Scott helped me pinpoint me exact issue and showed me how to tackle it to be able to move on!

Love working with Scott!

He the best

Fantastic therapist. I look forward to each session. Scott is helping me grow as a human being by correcting many of my maladaptive thought patterns, while taking an honest assessment of who I am. With this knowledge, he is helping me get to where I want to be as a human being.

He is amazing, truly helped me become better and showed me my individuality. 10/10 would 100% recommend!

Scott helped me navigate some loss I was going through, showed me strategies for prioritizing self-care in my life, and helped me to re-frame negative thoughts I was having about myself. Could not recommend enough!

This is the second time I work with Scott. He has helped me worked through issues in a life-changing way. I can't say enough good things about him. He will be my therapist for as long as I take therapy.

Scott really listens to me when I talk about my challenges and responds appropriately.

Scott is a dedicated, passionate, and committed therapist. He has helped me through some of the darkest moments from my past and through current difficulties. Scott is very intentional and supportive, no problem is too big or too insignificant! Scott genuinely wants to see you succeed and overcome your hang-ups; you can always rely on him to be your biggest supporter!

Scott is a good listener/leader. Together we can talk through issues and come to a good way through. I am dealing with grief and transitions and this counseling time has been helpful.

Excellent listener, and takes excellent notes that he shares after each appointment.

Love working with Scott! I have really come far this year and it's because of how I have worked through things with him. Very happy we are working together.

I learned why Scott is so passionate about what he does. He not only offers practical activities to overcome problems but he can relate as he's experienced much more than I initially fathomed.

Scott is great!

You can never take the fight out of a man, this guy was a retired cop who saw people in pain and stood up again to become a therapist. I love that story and you should use it in your marketing.

He is the best ever

Absolutely fantastic therapy.

He is a great therapist and he listens and offers solutions that actually help. Plus, he's a cool dude.

He is very understanding of what and how my issues are.

Scott has been a great source of help for me. I would recommend his services to anyone dealing with mental health struggles.

Knows how to connect, diagnose, and treat. Well trained and knowledgeable

I am not very good at talking to people (therapists) but Dr. Wetherhold has been so great at listening to me ramble and giving me really great advice…I am so grateful that he was available ! Respect him very much!

I love my therapist and have made tons of progress with him!

Scott is amazing ! He is giving me the tools i need to heal !

Scott has been a wonderful therapist. He has great insight and gives good advice when I ask for it. He has been very helpful.

Scott was a pleasure to work with. I came to him with layers of very old trauma: From stories where childhood didn't work out as it should have to multiple bereavements when I was still very young – including my father and my high school sweetheart. Scott was fantastic and stayed centred, grounded, and calm through all of it with me and guided me through the EMDR process in detail to release the negative emotions and fears that had piled up and dictated my life for as long as I can remember. I remember before the first EMDR session when we right away tackled a big target - processing the traffic accident of my teenage boyfriend - I was pretty anxious to relive those memories again. But it worked – it was liberating and freed me from a lot of fears I had since then of everyone I love just being taken away any moment. We later processed other old stories that held me back in my work and relationship and that also worked wonders. Nowadays, I can fall asleep without lying there for hours and I can wake up early in the morning and start my day without ruminating forever before being able to get up. I go about my day calm and happy. Probably calmer and happier than I have even been – I even though I lost loved ones and had awful experiences in life! I wouln't have even thought this possible a few years ago! No matter how old your grief or trauma or how minor or 'stupid' you think a negative belief you are carrying – my experience was that with Scott you can get it out, work it through calmly at your pace, and clear the slate for a new, better mindset. Thank you again Scott, I am still walking carefully in my new shoes but I think I got it now ;)

I’ve only had one session so far but Scott is very knowledgeable in therapy and I like his approach.

Mr. Wetherhold is a fantastic therapist. I highly appreciate the fact that he provides practical solutions to problems and throughly explains why they work.

I am still working with Scott, but I feel that his experience and advice has supported me in making changes in my life. I look forward to continuing to work with him as I feel very supported and "heard."

Shares meaningful ideas to co sided and paths for implementing the concepts.

I very much appreciate Scott’s pointers and expertise, and I’m very grateful for the guidance on the projects we’ve discussed that I can work on and continuously get better and better at tackling smaller challenges which contributes to smashing goals on a larger scale. Very excited to be working with Scott, I highly recommend him as a therapist/provider.

I have been talking to Scott for a couple months now and I already see so much improvement in my life! Scott always has new techniques to suggest to help with my problems. He is very understanding and a joy to talk to. I always look forward to my sessions every week! I highly recommend Scott!

Scott has been great in offering a different point of view, and providing different ways for me to better understand my issues and techniques to deal with stress and anxiety.

Scott helped me get reach a level of personal confidence, focus and motivation. I was struggling with staying present and I was falling into spirals of anxiety. Scott gave me exercises to gain stability in my life. He is a solid therapist and would recommend him to anyone facing similar issues.

Scott has been awesome in helping me focus on solutions. He is non-judgemental, positive and experienced in knowing what is applicable to a situation. Thanks Scott!

Scott listens and he knows how to approach many situations. Very helpful

Scott has been amazing! He responds quickly. He’s positive and uplifting. He’s given me a variety of tools and techniques to curb my anxiety and change my way of thinking. He’s changed my life!

Scott was incredible. He provided me with tool i could apply right away. He helped me see the perspective in my situation and encouraged me to continue pushing forward. Highly recommend working with him!! i benefited very much from our sessions together.

Scott listens well, considers what is said and gets straight to the point on how to fix it/deal with it. No nonsense, tells it like it is in an understanding compassionate way.

Scott has been very knowledgeable and supportive in all of the sessions I have had with hi, and I would recommended him to others on Better Help. His empathy and passion for helping others really comes through in his counselling.

Scott is truly phenomenal at what he does. I specifically chose him due to his work with EMDR and I couldn't have had a better guide through the process. As an researcher, sometimes curiosity gets the better of me, and I get too tied up in how something works to allow it to actually work. When I explained this to Scott, he took the time to explain the process in detail in a way that my researcher brain was satisfied and we could get back to work. Additionally, Scott's ability to apply some dad humor as needed was unmatched.

To say Scott is amazing would be a sheer understatement. After losing my brother to suicide, he was my 4th attempt at therapy while others, simply, did not know what to do with me. He pulled me from a dark place and helped me to see the light, again. So very easy to talk to, relatable, and will give it to you straight (all things I needed to get through this ordeal). Beyond grateful to have found him because I almost gave up. Highly recommend!

Scott helped me deal with a very traumatic breakup and all the emotions that come from that. Scott was kind and offered sound advice and used his past knowledge to help guide me out of the dark shadow I was living in. He was a sounding board for me, someone to answer most of my ‘why’ questions and somehow always had impeccable timing on when to reach out and distract my brain from shooting into the tailspin of anxiety, deep sadness and shame.

Scott is fantastic is great counsellor, he’s expertise and attitude have been really helpful in the last few weeks. I am already benefiting already from the help he has given me.

Amazing so far. I’m new to this app and new to therapy in general. I’ve only had 3 sessions with Scott, but have gained so many helpful suggestions and solutions to combat my problems/issues. Apart from providing helpful materials and strategies, Scott is very attentive, friendly, and reassuring. Therapy is something out of my comfort zone, yet Scott makes me feel comfortable and at ease. I’m very happy I got paired up with Scott and would recommend him to anyone.

Scott is a wonderful therapist. He is kind, empathetic, and a good listener. What I appreciate most about Scott is that he uses cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. This means that you walk away with practical steps that, if taken, can truly change your life for the better.

Very helpful

Scott comes across as a composed and considerate individual. There is a likeability factor there. He comes across as a type of person that I you could count on.

Scott gives solid help even from the very first session! His help was very actionable and effective. I was able to make tremendous progress and process grief and find forgiveness and healing. He provided a safe environment where I felt empowered to learn and grow and develop a positive mindset. He really cares about his clients and their well being.

Scott is very respectful and friendly. He is also a great listener. He made my experience going through therapy an excellent one. Thank you.

Scott listens to you in depth and offers logical and invaluable feedback concerning your situation. He has a strong, genuine and empathetic, understanding personality with life experience that lends to dealing with a variety of problems we can all face. He goes above and beyond to help and cares so much to actually reach out just to see how you are doing. I highly recommend Scott if you are in a difficult spot and need guidance to a better place.

It is great to have an ally

Scott has been an incredible facilitator to getting me to acceptance of my past and establishing a good path forward for my future. He listened and offered wonderful well-researched insight suited for my individual situation. He'll help you with whatever journey you're going through and equip you with the right tools.

He’s helped me out a lot. Made the transition into therapy very comforting.

Scott has been a real help. I've been thrusted into a rough time and he's helped me get my head around things. Quick to get back to me outside of sessions and easy to talk to over messages and video!

A man with a lot of experience in relationships, a great listener, and thoughtful with his responses to your questions.

Scott has literally saved my life with the way he helps me navigate thru my issues and give me a different outlook on life. He’s the best !

When I was first matched with Scott, I wasn’t so sure it would work and did consider rematching. I’m so glad I didn’t. He listens extremely well and has great advice to ease my mind and make me think. He is a true professional and I look forward to our weekly talks. Couldn’t recommend him enough.

Scott listens well and provides some great tools to take away and easily apply in my life. Only two sessions in but it has definitely been useful.

Scott is a great counselor. You can tell he is solid in his style. He's got experience and expertise. I'm grateful for all of the ways he helps me.

Scott has been most helpful. He listens, understands and provides solutions.

Mr. Wetherhold has helped me out of a dark place, he’s helped me learn how to cope with the grief that I’m going through. I can’t say thank you enough

Scott is such a great therapist and I’m very grateful for his help. His knowledge and understanding of how to tackle problems and challenges that are going on in my life are so helpful. I will remain a client of Scott’s and I’m so appreciative of his work with me. Thank you Scott!

Scott has helped me tremendously to see an important perspective I was blind to. He is a great listener and observer. I feel safe with him. I feel so much more confident and secure with myself because of our discussions. He responds to my messages quickly. He is very encouraging. Thank you so much, Scott!!!

Scott listens to me, both via video and text. He provides useful advice, and clear

Great help.. thanks!

Scott was exceptionally helpful and a great listener. He was always there to provide support and guidance and I felt his advice was useful and easy to implement. I definitely recommend him!

Mr. Wetherhold is AMAZING! I couldn’t be more grateful for his genuine interest in my overall well being and personal growth. He provides the perfect balance of clinical and spiritual counseling and will suggest “tools” to help you continue your journey outside of the session. I would absolutely recommend Mr. Wetherhold to anyone!

Patients Very understanding Good listener Kind Supportive Definitely recommend him

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