Bruce Engelhard, LICSW, LCSW

Bruce Engelhard is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah with 15 years of experience. He blends outdoor guiding with clinical work and has used the mountains as part of his practice. He lists relationship, family, grief, parenting, ADHD, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping, anger, self esteem, career, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue among the concerns he addresses.

Before becoming a full-time clinician Bruce spent years guiding and teaching avalanche education. That background informs how he structures sessions that value straightforward conversation and real-world skills. He has worked with adolescents, families, and adult individuals of all ages and ethnicities across a range of common concerns including depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, and ADHD.

Bruce favors practical approaches that help people notice what matters, shift unhelpful patterns, and build small habits that change day-to-day functioning. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions.

In meetings he aims for an interactive style where people lead the process and the therapist helps test ideas and skills. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, practicing coping skills, and setting small experiments to try between meetings. That way progress is tracked in everyday life rather than only in the office.

Bruce also lists hospice and end-of-life counseling, prejudice and discrimination, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) as additional focus areas. He offers services in English and works from Utah.

Therapeutic approaches used online and how they help