About George
Dr. George Savarese focuses on helping people work through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, stress, anxiety, grief, eating concerns, and life transitions.
Background and approach
He emphasizes clients' existing strengths and encourages them to be active participants in shaping change. With a practical, respectful stance, he supports people who are ready to take the first step toward greater satisfaction and resilience in their lives.
Licensed in Illinois as an LCSW, Dr. Savarese brings 40 years of professional experience to his practice.
He has worked with a broad range of concerns including family problems, isolation and loneliness, midlife challenges, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood shifts, and issues related to aging and traumatic brain injury. His approach treats each person as the expert on their own story while offering clinical guidance to build skills, increase motivation, and strengthen confidence.
Dr. Savarese aims to create a collaborative relationship in which clients' goals shape the work.
He welcomes people who are ready to explore practical strategies and deeper understanding to move beyond current struggles and toward a more fulfilling life.
Evidence-Based Care Delivered Online
Many of the techniques used draw on well-established, evidence-based methods that focus on understanding and changing patterns of thought and behavior. One approach emphasizes building awareness of unhelpful thinking and learning practical strategies to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, and obsessive behaviors. Another common technique focuses on skills training and problem solving to improve coping with life changes, relationship stresses, and eating-related concerns.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each client to determine which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative exploration helps tailor sessions so interventions support personal strengths and real-world priorities.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to maintain continuity of care. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver consistent therapeutic support while fitting therapy into busy lives and accommodating different communication styles.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English