Nicholas Pantages, LCSW

Nicholas Pantages is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Missouri with seven years of clinical experience. He works with people facing depression, anxiety, stress, loss, and severe mental illness. His practice focuses on mood disorders, aging, and handling major life changes and relationship challenges.

Nicholas uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and dialectical behavior methods to help people identify patterns that keep them stuck. He also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma work when appropriate. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to what is useful day to day.

In sessions he emphasizes teamwork and builds on a person's existing strengths. He helps clients set small, manageable steps toward goals and confront problems in concrete ways. He also works on recognizing what can be accepted and what can be changed, without promising instant results.

Nicholas has experience addressing issues across the lifespan, including concerns tied to aging, caregiver stress, and end-of-life topics. He also supports people dealing with addiction, mood instability, grief, parenting strain, and questions of identity and relationships.

People who feel stuck after a job change, breakup, health shift, or growing caregiving role will find an approach focused on practical strategies and steady progress. To begin, a short intake process helps identify priorities and the next steps toward clearer decision making.

Therapeutic approaches used in remote sessions