About Maximilian
Maximilian Stepaniak is an Ohio-based LPCC who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, anger, and trauma-related concerns. He speaks English and uses clear, practical approaches to help clients understand patterns that keep them stuck. He presents as steady and direct, focusing on tangible steps people can use day to day.
Maximilian focuses on emotional regulation, processing past hurt, and building skills that ease daily life. He often works with people dealing with relationship strain, struggles around adoption and attachment, and issues like codependency, loneliness, and purpose.
Background and approach
He also supports men navigating role and identity challenges and those coping with process addictions such as gambling, gaming, shopping, or pornography problems. In sessions he emphasizes collaboration. He and the client look at thoughts and behaviors together, then try out practical strategies to change what isn’t working.
He may suggest activities and homework to practice new skills between meetings. The goal is steady, measurable progress rather than quick fixes. Maximilian has three years of clinical experience as a licensed professional clinical counselor.
He has worked with a wide age range and with people from different cultural backgrounds. His experience includes helping people manage impulsivity, jealousy, money problems, and issues around blended families. People who contact him can expect straightforward, skills-focused conversations.
He encourages honest feedback and adapts plans as needs change. To begin, clients complete a short intake and schedule sessions that fit their life and goals.
Approaches that help online and in life
Maximilian uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors to reduce distress. One common approach he uses involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them against real life, which can ease anxiety and depression by teaching different ways to think about situations.He also emphasizes behavioral skill-building to manage strong emotions and impulses. These practical exercises teach concrete ways to calm intense feelings, handle anger, and reduce impulsive actions that cause problems in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that match goals, strengths, and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and adjusting the plan over time based on what helps most.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people access support from home or a convenient location and can help maintain regular momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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