Stuart Riskin, LCSW

Stuart Riskin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California with 28 years of experience. He focuses on common life pressures such as stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship problems, depression, trauma and grief. He also works with issues around intimacy, parenting, career transitions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Riskin came to social work after an earlier career in the entertainment industry. That background shaped how he talks with people - direct, down-to-earth, and practical. He treats each person as someone who knows their life best and brings that knowledge into sessions.

His sessions are strength-based and supportive. He helps people notice what already works for them and build on those habits. Change is approached as a collaborative effort that depends on the client deciding to make different choices and practicing new behaviors between meetings.

Therapy draws on methods like client-centered work, cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, and mindfulness. He also uses relationship-focused tools influenced by the Gottman method when appropriate. These approaches are used to address behaviors, communication, cravings, mood shifts, and coping with life transitions.

Practically speaking, Riskin speaks English and accepts clients in California and internationally. He frames problems in everyday terms and focuses on concrete steps people can try at home or at work. New clients select an online matching process to schedule an initial session and see whether his style fits their needs.

How his therapeutic approaches translate to online work