LCSW, 6 years of experience
New to Grow
Hi, I'm Steven—a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who values thoughtful, attuned connection. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults navigating anxiety, complex trauma, and relational challenges. I strive to understand the person behind the symptoms and create a space where clients feel safe enough to explore, reflect, and grow. Therapy with me is a collaborative process—paced to your needs, rooted in curiosity, and focused on helping you feel more whole and emotionally steady.
In our first session, I’ll invite you to begin telling your story in whatever way feels most natural to you. I approach this time with genuine curiosity—not to diagnose or fix, but to understand. I’m interested in how you’ve come to be where you are, what you’re struggling with, and what you hope might change. We’ll explore not just the challenges, but also the meanings behind them—how they’ve shaped your relationships, your sense of self, and your emotional world.
I bring a deep curiosity to my work—about who you are, how you’ve come to be, and what emotional truths lie beneath the surface of your struggles. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, I aim to understand the meaning behind them: what they protect, what they express, and what they might be asking for. I’m especially attuned to clients who feel caught in patterns that feel hard to change. I approach these experiences with respect, not judgment, and work collaboratively to explore them with depth and nuance.
I work with individuals who feel emotionally overwhelmed, struggle with intense relationships, or find themselves caught in patterns of self-doubt, impulsivity, or inner conflict. Many of my clients are children, adolescents and adults who have difficulty regulating emotions, fear abandonment, or feel unsure of who they are—often carrying a deep longing to be understood and accepted. I approach these concerns with compassion and curiosity, helping clients explore the roots of their distress while building the capacity for reflection, connection, and self-trust. I also support parents and caregivers who feel lost or exhausted in the face of their child’s emotional struggles. Drawing from depth-oriented and attachment-based perspectives, I offer coaching that helps parents better understand their child’s inner world, respond with greater attunement, and reclaim their own sense of steadiness. My goal is to help families move from reactivity to reflection—creating space for growth, healing, and more meaningful relationships.
My approach is rooted in psychodynamic therapy, which emphasizes the importance of early relational experiences, and the internal conflicts that shape how we relate to ourselves and others. I use this method to help clients explore the deeper layers of their emotional life—often the parts that are harder to articulate but profoundly influence behavior, relationships, and self-worth
My work with children, adolescents and adults is deeply informed by attachment theory, which I view not just as a framework for understanding behavior, but as a lens into the emotional life of the person. I pay close attention to how early relationships shape a young person’s sense of safety, identity, and capacity for connection.
I draw from humanistic principles that honor each person’s innate capacity for growth, self-understanding, and emotional resilience. I believe that healing happens in the context of a relationship where the person feels genuinely seen, heard, and valued—not just for who they are now, but for who they are becoming.
I pay close attention to the relational themes that emerge both in the client’s life and within the therapeutic relationship itself. I view the therapy space as a living, dynamic relationship where longstanding interpersonal patterns can be explored, understood, and gradually transformed. This includes examining how clients navigate closeness and distance, how they manage needs for autonomy and attachment, and how early relational experiences may still echo in present-day interactions.