About Steven
Steven Gares is a licensed professional counselor with 12 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. He meets people where they are and focuses on their strengths to move through hard moments. Steven aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and straightforward for worried parents and busy adults.
Steven uses clear, practical talk in sessions. He listens first, then helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Together they set small, concrete steps that fit daily life and build toward bigger change. His work includes addressing eating and sleeping concerns, addiction and substance use, and challenges with self-esteem and anger. He also supports people facing grief, career crossroads, parenting strain, divorce and blended family issues.
Steven draws on a range of approaches to match what each person needs. Clients can expect a collaborative style that balances emotional processing with problem-solving. He helps people unpack past trauma while also teaching tools for handling anxiety and mood shifts.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Steven practices in Texas and offers sessions in English. He is comfortable working with people affected by complex life changes, family problems, and long-standing patterns such as codependency or control issues.
His approach aims to be straightforward, respectful, and focused on practical steps that fit everyday life.
Approach and online therapy that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name strong feelings and build better emotional responses in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try methods that match the client's needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can work well when a quieter space is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, session follow-ups, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between in-depth sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English