About Stephen
Stephen Weiss is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential in Arizona. He has practiced for four decades and focuses on helping people regain balance when life feels overwhelming. He meets people where they are and respects that change is a personal choice.
He works with individuals facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship problems, and addiction. He also helps people dealing with parenting strain, career crossroads, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Stephen pays attention to how past attachments and family history affect current patterns. In sessions he looks for practical steps clients can try between meetings. He draws on familiar techniques to help people manage strong feelings, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build healthier habits.
He also emphasizes strengths and values when people are deciding what matters most to them. Stephen describes his stance as transparent and clinically humble. He aims to form a steady therapeutic relationship so clients feel understood and can try new approaches.
He is comfortable discussing faith when it matters to a client and respects each person's background. Over his career he has worked in many settings and continues to blend approaches to fit each person. His practice focuses on steady presence, clear communication, and helping clients set realistic goals.
People who want a practical, respectful collaborator tend to find his style helpful.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people connect with their values and take small, practical steps toward a more meaningful life while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and helps people change patterns that interfere with closeness and trust.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Stephen will work together with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative decision-making helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and relevant.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use a camera. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping a consistent therapeutic relationship.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Washington
- Languages
- English