About Steven
Steven Gifford is an Ohio-based therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and ADHD. He brings 16 years of professional experience and a practical approach to sessions. Steven holds the LPCC credential, which indicates licensure in Ohio.
He focuses on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where people can share thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize straightforward conversation and practical steps to reduce distress.
Background and approach
Steven encourages small changes that build toward better coping and clearer goals. His background includes long-term work supporting people facing life transitions, motivation struggles, and challenges tied to chronic pain or health conditions. He also addresses issues such as codependency, substance use, commitment concerns, and problems rooted in family of origin.
In sessions he listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and then helps them try new behaviors to test different outcomes. He integrates coaching-style goal setting when clients want more structure and action between meetings. Steven tailors pace and focus to each person’s needs.
People who reach out can expect direct, compassionate conversation and a steady focus on practical tools. The aim is clearer thinking, improved day-to-day functioning, and stronger skills for handling future stressors.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Steven uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical change. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression; it helps people notice patterns and try different reactions. Another approach borrows coaching methods to set small, achievable goals and track progress between sessions; this helps with motivation, ADHD challenges, and recovery from addiction.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That process can include trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues during deeper conversations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English