About Neil
Neil Steinert is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and sexual identity concerns. He also supports people facing grief, trauma, parenting challenges, and work or career strain. Neil writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
In sessions he works collaboratively to identify strengths and options. He blends short-term, goal-focused ideas with attention to how attachment and past relationships affect present life.
Background and approach
He uses everyday language and simple exercises so people can try new ways of coping between meetings. Neil draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits. He incorporates mindfulness to calm stress and increase awareness.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help people clarify priorities and take concrete next steps. He welcomes clients who are exploring non-traditional relationships and people in the LGBT community. He also supports those working through body image, blended family issues, chronic illness, caregiving stress, or questions about intimacy and kink culture.
Sessions can address anger, attention concerns such as ADHD, and career or life transitions. Originally from Utah, Neil lives in New Jersey where he completed his studies and raised a family. Outside work he enjoys rock climbing, backpacking, yoga, vegetarian cooking, and finding local restaurants.
He aims to make therapy straightforward and useful from the first visit.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversation and targeted exercises to notice those patterns and try different ways of relating. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions; sessions identify unhelpful thoughts and practice small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then outline which methods might fit best. Together you will try tools and adjust the plan based on what helps most, so the work stays practical and goal oriented.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people keep progress going between sessions or use shorter, written check-ins when that suits a schedule better.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English