About Steven
Steven Osterstrom is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 24 years of clinical experience. He focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, and relationship and intimacy concerns. He brings a warm, interactive style and aims to help people find practical ways to cope and move forward.
Steven emphasizes how the stories people tell about their past affect their present wellbeing. He often uses mindfulness and skill-based methods to notice unhelpful patterns and create new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. He has extensive experience teaching social work graduate students and has worked in group settings, including volunteer work with prison programs. Those roles shaped his approach to working across differences and cultivating a gender-inclusive, anti-racist stance in clinical work.
In therapy he draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), client-centered approaches, and mindfulness practices. He focuses on skills that address emotion regulation, anxiety, and relationship patterns rather than quick fixes. People who come for help can expect respect, sensitivity, and a focus on strengths.
Steven encourages using courage to face difficult topics and build resilience. He aims to help people move toward more satisfying, meaningful lives.
Practical approaches for online anxiety and life challenges
Steven often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values despite uncomfortable emotions. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and making changes that feel meaningful. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a focused approach that looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce avoidance and ease symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Steven collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That means trying skills in session, checking how they work, and adjusting plans together as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and practice of new skills. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support quick coaching, check-ins, and ongoing motivation between sessions. These options make consistent care easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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