(he/him)
New to Grow
I’m Steven, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and I have 7+ years of experience working with all ages of clientele, ranging from ages 12–65, who are working through a variety of different life stressors and issues. I’ve always had a passion for helping others work toward their goals and my hope is to help restore the "Joy of Living" back to my clients in a variety of ways within the therapeutic process. On a personal note, I'm 36 years old, got married in 2020, and have two very needy, but lovely cats within our household. I'm a pretty big geek (board games, video games, fantasy sports, etc....) and pretty competitive. I like to give my best in anything that I invest into and that goes for my Professional relationships as well.
Clients should expect the first hour to be about 2/3's intake and "formal" information that we need to go over and a brief introduction of myself. The last 1/3rd of the session typically is dedicated to getting a brief snapshot of why the client the client's lifestyle, symptoms, personality, and therapy goals in order to help us to hit the ground running in session two and be as practical as possible at making sure the client feels therapy is actually helping build momentum in reaching their goals.
It's always awkward to talk about your greatest strengths. I would say generally that clients have given feedback on my ability to be authentic, to be flexible in my approach, and being forward in stating my strategy of how I think I can best help in aiding them towards reaching their goals. Clients have also typically enjoyed my ability to be more structured in my approach in the first few sessions which makes it a little easier to be able to speak on topics that can be very hard to put words too.
My goal as a therapist is to help people reclaim their joy, restore their energy, and reconnect with their passions. My hope is to improve clients’ overall quality of life by walking alongside them in their journey to become the very best version of themselves. As a therapist, I work with clients through individual therapy, group therapy, and family/marriage therapy. My areas of passion and expertise include: Processing trauma Building long-lasting motivation to work toward goals Managing anxiety Improving mastery in skills, abilities, and hobbies Improving quality of relationships Supporting major life transitions Minimizing the effects of depression Strengthening thought control
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I have been trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for 5 years plus and typically will use it for helping clients improve confidence in their ability to manage emotions, increase interpersonal relationships, and for thought control.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
The core truths of Person Centered therapy are rooted within every session to help client's feel validated, accepted, and unconditionally invested into to help build therapeutic rapport.
Christian Counseling
Using the foundations of the Christian Worldview within counseling can be fluctuated depending on my client's views on the subject, but I do have the ability to weave Christian principles within therapy goals if the client appreciates this or would see it as useful.