About Steven
Steven Clarke is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who focuses on practical, goal-focused therapy. He helps people cope with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and changes like divorce or new parenthood. His style is compassionate and direct, with straightforward tools people can use between sessions.
He uses client-centered methods to build a trusting working relationship and then brings in techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are offered for emotional regulation and managing intense feelings. Motivational interviewing is used when someone is weighing change or facing addictive behaviors. Steven draws from nine years of clinical experience to tailor sessions to the issues at hand.
He focuses on communication problems, family of origin concerns, blended family stress, and fatherhood adjustments, among other life-stage challenges. The work often balances short-term coping skills with deeper exploration of life purpose and personal values. Sessions commonly include concrete homework, role-play for communication, and step-by-step plans for managing triggers.
He also helps people think through career stress, midlife questions, and caregiving strain in clear, plain language. The goal is to leave each person with tools they can use right away. People meet with him by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and appointments are scheduled after completing a short matching questionnaire.
How specific approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience without judgment. Online sessions let the therapist offer that same attentive, person-focused presence while the client names goals and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; online formats work well for reviewing thought records, setting small behavioral experiments, and following step-by-step plans between sessions.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan over time. That way the work can mix skills practice with deeper reflection according to what helps most.
Online therapy is practical and flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and role-play, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick coaching, and ongoing support between scheduled meetings. Those options make it easier to maintain steady progress without commuting to an office.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English