About Stephen
Stephen Weiss is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with four decades of experience. He focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. He aims to meet people where they are and to help them make choices about change.
He starts by building a straightforward working relationship. He listens to what is most troubling and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions are direct and respectful, and he invites clients to set goals they find meaningful. Stephen uses a mix of approaches depending on what a person needs. He draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and attachment-informed thinking to understand relationship patterns.
He also uses client-centered and dialectical strategies when they fit. He has long experience helping people with grief, parenting strain, career stress, and issues around intimacy and communication. He also addresses caregiver fatigue, codependency, and challenges tied to adoption, abandonment, or family of origin problems.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered to people in Arizona through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies by location and subscription plans can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clear about what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when worry or painful feelings show up. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at specific thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or low mood and teaches practical tools to change them. It is useful for panic, worry, and depressive patterns. Attachment-Based ideas focus on how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions and safety in close relationships, which can help with intimacy, trust, and communication issues.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Stephen will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide whether to emphasize ACT, CBT, attachment work, or a mix, and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different needs. Video is useful for longer therapy work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or steps between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- 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
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