About Stephen
Stephen Brown is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Ohio with 36 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, and low self-esteem. He offers telehealth sessions across the state and focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel better.
His manner is calm and reassuring, which helps people talk through hard topics without judgment. Stephen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills.
How Stephen works
Sessions focus on identifying strengths, setting realistic goals, and taking clear steps toward those goals. He explains ideas plainly and works at a comfortable pace so people can practice new skills between meetings.
He is experienced at addressing issues that often accompany mental health concerns, such as abandonment worries, adoption and foster care history, caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, and communication or commitment struggles. He also supports people facing control issues, codependency, avoidant or dependent personality patterns, and challenges related to autism or disruptive mood patterns.
First sessions emphasize getting a clear picture of current concerns and priorities. After that, sessions balance skill-building, thought work, and practical problem solving. Progress is tracked through achievable goals that are revisited as needed.
Stephen brings decades of helping people through hard times and aims to make therapy understandable and useful. He communicates in everyday language and focuses on what clients want to change next.
What Stephen works with
The areas below are the ones Stephen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Stephen primarily uses evidence-based approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building practical skills. Cognitive Behavioral approaches involve identifying and shifting patterns of thought that keep problems going, and they help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related reactions. Behavioral skill-building focuses on practicing coping strategies and routines that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. These techniques are useful for trauma-related symptoms, low self-esteem, and managing chronic stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they choose techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is tracked, so treatment fits the person’s needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people access consistent support while balancing daily life.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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