About Stephen
Stephen Weiss is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience. He practices in Arizona and brings a steady, practical presence to sessions. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, stress, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns.
He begins by meeting clients where they are and respecting their pace. He helps people identify strengths, clarify what matters most, and decide which changes to try.
Background and approach
He emphasizes a collaborative relationship and aims to be straightforward and clinically humble in conversations. Sessions blend talking, skill building, and planning. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot patterns of thinking and behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills can support emotional regulation and distress tolerance during hard moments. Attachment-Based ideas are woven into work on relationships and family-of-origin issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools help with committed action toward values when avoidance or fear gets in the way.
Client-Centered principles keep sessions focused on the person's own goals and experience. Stephen also supports people facing career stress, caregiving burnout, adoption or foster care questions, codependency, and parenting strain. He is comfortable including faith as part of the conversation when clients want that.
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small, committed steps toward them while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying alternative responses; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness during intense situations.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what works best for the person's needs and preferences. This collaborative process helps match skills and strategies to real-life challenges rather than committing to a single path up front.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or touchpoints between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work days, caregiving schedules, or when getting to an office is difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Arizona, Washington
- Languages
- English
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