About Stephen
Stephen Brown is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio. He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem. He sees adolescents and adults and works with them through telehealth across the state.
His style is calm, soft-spoken, and reassuring. Sessions begin with a focused conversation about how someone has been feeling and what they hope to change. He listens without judgment and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Stephen uses practical, evidence-based techniques to teach skills that change unhelpful thinking and behavior. He emphasizes skill building so people can handle everyday stressors and improve mood. The pace is steady and collaborative - clients decide what to try and when.
He has 36 years of experience in counseling. That background includes helping people cope with abandonment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and caregiver stress, autism-related challenges, chronic pain or illness, and patterns like codependency or avoidance. He also assists with communication and commitment issues and responses to natural or human-caused disasters.
In early sessions he gathers strengths, needs, and goals, then maps small steps toward progress. Telehealth appointments can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Stephen aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for daily life.
Approaches and online care that focus on practical change
Stephen most often uses Cognitive Behavioral approaches that help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT teaches specific skills like tracking thoughts, testing assumptions, and trying new responses to reduce anxiety and lift mood. This method is well suited to stress, depression, and some trauma-related symptoms.He also emphasizes skill-building that targets coping and communication. That work helps with relationship problems, codependency, commitment worries, and managing caregiving or chronic illness stress. Sessions focus on small, concrete steps clients can practice between meetings to see gradual improvement.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will talk about options, consider a person's goals and life context, and adjust methods as needed. The plan is collaborative and flexible, not set in stone.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can fit quick check-ins, homework review, or times when typing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English