About Stephen
Stephen Wallace, LPCC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Stephen brings 16 years of clinical experience to sessions and aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
Stephen listens first to understand what matters most to each person. He helps clients spot patterns that keep them stuck and then tries simple, realistic strategies to change those patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions often include goal setting, skill-building, and focused conversation about difficult emotions. Many people come to Stephen for help with relationship troubles, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, or problems with control and codependency. He also addresses concerns such as addiction, eating and food-related issues, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress.
He works with struggles around abandonment, attachment, and feelings of emptiness as well. Stephen uses a mix of approaches that match a person’s needs. He draws on client-centered methods to keep the session grounded in what the client wants.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and motivational approaches help people stay focused and find internal motivation. Sessions are offered in English and are based in Ohio.
Stephen emphasizes clear communication and practical tools people can take into daily life. He aims to help clients build skills that last beyond the therapy setting.
Approach and online care that fits your life
Stephen uses client-centered work to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities. That approach means the conversation is guided by what the client brings and what they want to change. It is useful for exploring relationships, parenting concerns, and emotional pain.He also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes by giving clear tools to practice between sessions. Motivational interviewing is used when people need to find their own reasons and strengths to make a change, such as with addiction or habit shifts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stephen will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then recommend methods that match those needs. The plan can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can provide shorter check-ins, ongoing written support, and a way to fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options help people access consistent care without rearranging their whole day.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- 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
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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