About Velma
Velma Stevens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience based in Florida. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those facing grief, anger, depression, or problems with addiction. Her work is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and practical support for everyday life.
Velma adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. She listens closely and uses clear, goal-focused steps to help clients move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions are oriented toward what someone needs now rather than one fixed method. Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods including client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral strategies. Velma also uses motivational interviewing to clarify goals and narrative and solution-focused techniques to reshape unhelpful patterns and strengthen what’s already working.
People come to her with relationship or intimacy concerns, caregiving stress, chronic illness challenges, and life transitions such as divorce or end-of-life issues. She also supports those coping with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, or mood disorders while paying attention to multicultural and women’s issues. Therapy with Velma is a collaborative process.
She helps people set manageable steps, practice new skills, and track progress. The goal is to reduce daily strain and increase confidence in handling future challenges.
How Velma’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects back what’s said, and helps people feel heard while they sort out next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify a person’s goals and resolve mixed feelings about change through focused conversation.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Velma will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is working and what isn’t, so the client helps shape the path forward.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer therapy sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter exchanges, ongoing check-ins, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options add flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or medical appointments and make it possible to continue therapy from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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