About Steven
Steven Kirkilas greets visitors by focusing on fit first. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who aims to meet people where they are, without judgment. Steven writes simply and directly, so parents and carers can quickly see if his style might suit them.
Steven uses clear, practical work in sessions. He often centers on trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. He also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, addiction, sleep or eating issues, and struggles with self-esteem or career questions.
Background and approach
In session he leans toward mindful practice and body-focused awareness alongside talk therapy. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, testable changes. He also integrates client-centered listening so people set the pace and focus.
Steven brings seven years of clinical experience and holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His credentials include LCSW and CSW, with licensure in Colorado and New Hampshire recorded in his profile. He is based in Wisconsin and works in English.
People can expect straightforward conversations about practical steps. Steven invites those who want a calm, steady approach to managing stress, trauma, or major life changes. He encourages potential clients to reach out and see if his style matches their needs.
Therapeutic approaches online and what they look like
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person to set goals and pace. It helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to talk through feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and routines into specific steps. It helps people try small experiments to reduce anxiety, lift mood, or change reactions to stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels most useful. Together they will pick methods and adjust them as progress is made, so therapy stays practical and collaborative.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video makes it possible to have a face-to-face feel when convenient. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can work for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or use shorter, flexible check-ins during a busy week. These options help make therapy more usable around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Alaska, Colorado, Maine, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Washington
- Languages
- English