About Anthony
Dr. Anthony Schefstad offers calm, direct help for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and life changes. He writes treatment plans to fit each person's situation and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
He works in Florida and holds an LCSW, which is licensed social work practice in the state. With three decades of experience, he brings a steady, practical approach to common and complex concerns.
Background and approach
He listens first, then helps identify small, achievable goals. Many people come for help with panic, phobias, depression, or struggling after trauma and abuse. Others seek support for substance use, process addictions, or smoking and vaping cessation.
Sessions use straightforward methods drawn from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral tools. He also offers hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing when those techniques fit a person’s goals. Treatment plans are adjusted as progress is made and new needs appear.
Dr. Schefstad has experience relevant to first responder issues, veteran and armed forces concerns, and multicultural situations. He has also worked with people affected by antisocial personality and other personality disorder challenges.
He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical problem solving. People who choose him can expect clear conversation, focused homework, and honest feedback. He supports people aiming for better coping, clearer thinking, and more stable daily routines.
His practice communicates in English and operates within Florida licensing rules.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and priorities. In this approach the therapist listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps people discover their own solutions. It often helps with low mood, stress, and relationship patterns by building clearer self-understanding.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. The work includes identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, phobias, and depression because it gives clear exercises to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then recommend methods to try together. Plans are revisited and adjusted as progress is seen or priorities change.
Online formats offer practical flexibility for fitting therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and work interactively. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or stepping through exercises between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English