About Steven
Steven Murray is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan with five decades of experience in mental health. He draws on a long career across hospitals, clinics, group homes, and schools. He frames his role as a coach and cheerleader who helps people make practical progress without judgment.
He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship struggles. He also addresses concerns like sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD.
Background and approach
His background includes work with a wide range of mental health issues and settings over many years. Steven uses cognitive behavioral therapy as a central approach while mixing in methods that fit each person. He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based techniques when those match a person's needs.
He focuses on helping people try small, concrete changes that improve day-to-day life. Sessions are practical and often conversational. He offers encouragement, new viewpoints, and direction when helpful, and he values a sense of humor as part of healing.
He also brings personal experience using technology to stay independent and connected. Outside of clinical work he promotes music for wellbeing, enjoys nature walks, and follows current events. His long experience and straightforward style aim to help people manage life changes and regain steady ground.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Steven often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or sleep trouble. CBT focuses on practical exercises and skills people can use between sessions to feel better sooner.He also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to act on what matters most. Attachment-based techniques are used to look at patterns in close relationships and to build safer, more satisfying ways of relating.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try methods, and adjust plans collaboratively to find what fits each person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler check-in with less bandwidth, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 50 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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