About Steven
Steven Jones is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California with 28 years of professional experience. He helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and LGBT concerns. He creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about difficult thoughts and feelings.
His practice focuses on practical ways to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. He supports people dealing with relationship strain and communication problems.
Background and approach
He also helps with panic attacks, mood issues, and recovery after trauma. Steven pays attention to how patterns from the past affect present choices. He often works on issues like abandonment, guilt and shame, and problems with control.
He also supports men through midlife challenges and people navigating divorce or separation. Sessions include talk-based work aimed at clarifying goals and building small, usable skills. He helps people explore life purpose, increase self-love, and manage isolation or loneliness.
Caregiver stress and forgiveness work are also areas he addresses. Steven uses a calm, patient approach and focuses on what the person wants to change. He speaks English and practices in California as an LCSW.
For those ready to begin, he asks that people take the first step and complete the brief matching process to schedule sessions.
Approaches and Online Care for Practical Change
Steven uses evidence-based techniques that focus on reducing symptoms and increasing coping skills. One common approach involves short-term, skills-focused work to manage anxiety and panic attacks by teaching breathing, grounding, and pacing strategies to reduce immediate distress. Another approach looks at trauma and its effects on daily life, helping people understand how past events shape current reactions and practice new ways of responding to triggers.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust as needed. Together you decide which techniques feel most helpful and practical for your life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow longer conversations and face-to-face interaction. Phone work can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when you need a quick support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English