Buck Black

Buck Black holds a simple conviction: people don’t change because they’re told to — they change when they finally feel understood enough to try something different. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Lafayette, Indiana, Black has spent two decades helping men and women untangle the relationship patterns, emotional habits, and unresolved conflicts that keep them stuck. His clients range from couples quietly drifting apart to individuals wrestling with anxiety, sexual concerns, or the particular exhaustion of being a parent whose family is physically together but always somewhere else on a screen.

His approach is collaborative and direct. Rather than cataloguing problems, Black works alongside clients to build practical skills — clearer communication, steadier emotional responses, more honest self-awareness — that translate into real change between sessions. He specializes in couples counseling, marriage and family work, sexual addiction, anxiety disorders, and the tangled dynamics of separation, infidelity, and co-parenting. Online sessions are available.

The thread running through all of Black’s work is connection: what breaks it, what restores it, and what it feels like when it’s finally working again.