About Stephen
Stephen (Steve) Yates is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 35 years of experience. He helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, and a range of mood and behavior concerns. Steve works with adults on problems like parenting strain, family conflict, substance concerns, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and life transitions.
Steve uses several practical approaches rather than one single method. He aims to tailor methods to each person's situation and goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps you can try between meetings and on building skills that fit daily life. In sessions he listens for what matters most and then suggests options from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment ideas, emotionally-focused work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy.
He explains techniques in plain language and demonstrates how they apply to specific problems such as panic, avoidance, or relationship conflict. Steve's long experience includes work in inpatient and outpatient settings and training that broadened his perspective. He says he does not have all the answers, but he brings many methods and fresh ideas for people who feel stuck.
His goal is to help clients feel and function better sooner. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. He practices from Idaho and holds the LMFT credential, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarifying personal values and taking small committed steps toward those values; it can help with anxiety, avoidance, and life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and change reactions; it is useful for panic, depression, obsessive thinking, and many day-to-day symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying and expressing core emotions and improving emotional connection, which can be helpful for relationship and intimacy issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and then recommend methods to try. This is a collaborative process where techniques can be adjusted based on what helps you make progress.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your life. Video lets you work face-to-face and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, and staying connected between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English
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