Scott Young

About Me

• GENDER: Male (He/him/his)
• LANGUAGE: English

I am a Conditional Prescribing and Licensed Health Service Psychologist who provides integrated psychotherapy, medication management, and psychological assessment (including basic neuropsychological screening) services to school-age children, adults, older adults, couples, and families. As a psychologist with prescriptive authority, I am truly committed to integrated care that includes the psychological, social, biological, and existential/spiritual aspects that make clients whole people. I use psychological testing as a stand-alone service, but even more as a tool for refining diagnosis and understanding to inform medication and psychotherapy treatments. I utilize a multitheoretical psychotherapy approach emphasizing the therapeutic relationship and informed by many perspectives including (but not limited to): Person-Center Therapy, Emotion Focused (individual) and Emotionally-Focused (couples) Therapies, Logotherapy and Existential Psychotherapy, Landreth Child-Centered Play Therapy, Interpersonal Process Psychotherapy, Adlerian Psychotherapy, Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, ACT, Ericksonian and Neurolinguistic Programming hypnosis, Multicultural Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Religiously-Accommodative Psychotherapy, the Psychobiosocial Model, etc. I have been known to say that every strength can be a weakness, and every weakness can be a strength. So my goal is often to use understanding to help clients channel those weaknesses and strengths more effectively in their lives.

After earning my Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University, I completed my postdoctoral residency with the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center in 2011. I became independently licensed as a Psychologist and Health Service Provider in Psychology in 2012, and went back to complete a Postdoctoral Master's of Science in Clinical Psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2019. I received my Conditional Prescribing Certificate, which allowed me to begin prescribing psychotropic medications in April of 2022. After an even greater number cups of coffee, I have 12 years of formal college education and an additional three years (so far) of supervised clinical practice and training. I have clinical experience in counseling centers, medical clinics, a community correctional setting, a private practice, community mental health centers, a psychiatric hospital, an adolescent residential treatment facility and school, and skilled nursing facilities. I also have enjoyed teaching and clinical supervision experience at university, clinic, and hospital residency settings. As Director of Psychological Services, I get to stretch my problem-solving skills to facilitate the good work offered by the Center's psychologists!

As a person of faith, I truly have a sense of calling in my practice as a conditional prescribing psychologist, and I consider psychotherapy a chance to "do small things with great love". In fact, I love psychotherapy so much that I am married to a clinical social worker! Our three daughters probably don't have much of a chance with two therapists as parents... I am also a nerd, who loves science, fantasy novel, Star Wars, and Star Trek. I try to be direct with my thoughts and feelings, to be empathic with your thoughts and feelings, and to be able to laugh at our mutual humanity.

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Department

• Counseling
• Leadership Team
• Psychiatry
• Psychological Services
• Training Programs

Specialty

• Abuse
• Addiction
• ADHD
• Anger Management
• Anxiety, Depression, Emotions
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Chronic or Terminal Illness
• Dementia / Memory problems
• Development Disorders
• Eating Disorders or Body Issues
• Family or Team Relationships
• Grief or Loss
• Hallucinations
• Hyperactivity
• Identity Issues
• Impulsivity
• Marital & Relationships
• Moodswings / Mania
• Neurological (head injury, seizures, stroke, etc.)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Parenting Issues
• Personal Development
• Personality Disorders
• Physical Disability
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Pregnancy & Postpartum
• Self-Injury
• Sexual Abuse
• Spiritual Enrichment
• Trauma
• Work Problems / Fitness for Duty

Therapy

• Career
• Child or Adolescent Counseling
• Clergy Profile
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills
• Family Therapy
• Play Therapy
• Prescriptions & Medication Management
• Psychoanalytic
• Somatic
• Spiritual Counseling

Client Focus

• Adolescents (13-17 years)
• Adults
• Children (6-12 years)
• Couples
• Families
• Older Adults

  Telehealth Offered