About Stefan
Stefan Bain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience. He offers straightforward, focused care for people facing sexual concerns and the stressors that often come with them. He concentrates on sex-related issues such as performance concerns, infidelity, compulsive sexual behaviors, porn-related problems, and sexual disorders.
Stefan works with men and addresses related areas like anxiety, depression, anger, addiction, body image, trauma, and sexual identity. Sessions are direct and practical, aimed at helping people talk through what is worrying them and learn tools that last beyond therapy.
How Stefan works
His background includes graduate education at the University of California, Berkeley and additional post-graduate study at Vanderbilt University. Stefan brings three decades of clinical practice to each case, combining many clinical ideas to shape treatment to the person in front of him. He uses his experience to identify what is getting in the way and what small steps can help right away.
In sessions he keeps a warm and interactive tone. Conversations are collaborative and tailored to each person's needs. The work focuses on building skills, shifting unhelpful patterns, and improving intimate and sexual functioning where that is a concern.
People who come for help leave with practical strategies to use in daily life. The aim is steady improvement so clients can move toward the goals they name for themselves.
Stefan lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Stefan works with
The areas below are the ones Stefan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- 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
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approach-driven therapy delivered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make room for actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, compulsion, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps rework connection and trust issues that affect intimacy.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. This is a collaborative process that balances skills practice with attention to emotional and relational patterns.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice and guided exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and keep momentum. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel, or a tight schedule while keeping the focus on real change.
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