About Steven
Steven Penn helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in New York and uses a respectful, nonjudgmental approach. Many people reach out when everyday coping feels hard or when emotions become overwhelming.
He focuses on practical conversations that make sense day to day. Sessions explore what is happening now and what patterns might be keeping problems going.
Background and approach
He adapts each plan to fit a person’s needs instead of using one fixed method. Steven draws on a mix of approaches including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic perspectives. Those tools help with mood shifts, communication problems, feelings of isolation, and crises like separation or midlife transitions.
He aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about guilt, shame, anger, or grief. The work often includes learning new ways to manage intense feelings, testing small changes, and building clearer boundaries. With nine years of clinical experience, Steven supports people through practical steps toward better functioning.
He offers straightforward guidance and listens closely so goals are realistic and personally meaningful.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs a calm space to sort out feelings and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and simple breathing or awareness practices that reduce reactivity and support mood regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to your goals, needs, and preferences rather than insisting on one style. Clients and the therapist check in and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text works well for brief check-ins or when fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it simpler to maintain consistency and fit care into work, family, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English