As a licensed therapist in Illinois with over a decade of experience, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating complex emotional landscapes. My practice centers on creating affirming, culturally responsive spaces for diverse communities, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ experiences, trauma recovery, and personal empowerment.
My therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based practices to address a wide range of challenges, including social anxiety, relationship dynamics, self-esteem, and personal growth. I bring deep expertise in supporting individuals through life transitions, healing from past experiences, and developing meaningful strategies for emotional well-being.
I am committed to honoring each client's unique journey, offering compassionate guidance that respects individual identities and experiences. Whether you're exploring personal growth, managing challenging emotions, or seeking support through significant life changes, I'm dedicated to walking alongside you with empathy, understanding, and professional insight.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family problems, Fertility issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Systemic Therapy
IL LCSW 149.030797
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Clariza Scarlett Saint George. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Scarlett is amazing - super easy and real to talk with. I was going through a crazy experience and I can say confidentially that Better Help matched me with the right therapist for me.
It’s still early days but I have had a key takeaway from each session I have had so far with Scarlett. She is understanding and allows the sessions to happen organically like a real conversation.
Allowing me to get everything off my chest & then reflecting on how we can make our path towards a better mental health state actionable.
Written on Jun 16, 2026 after therapy with Clariza Scarlett for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and trauma and abuse