About Stephen
Stephen Clifton is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices in Texas. He uses a straightforward, person-focused style to help people sort through strong emotions and stressful life moments. Stephen writes in plain language and aims to make therapy feel understandable and doable.
He has eight years of experience and a Master of Arts in Counseling from St. Edward's University. Stephen helps people who are facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and the strain of major life changes.
How Stephen works
He also supports those navigating questions about identity, intimacy, parenting, sleep problems, and work stress. In sessions he leans on client-centered work that foregrounds the person's own goals and perspectives. Stephen also draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that get in the way.
He uses existential approaches to address meaning, values, and choices when life feels uncertain. Stephen aims to make therapy collaborative. He listens, reflects, and helps set clear, practical steps people can try between sessions.
Conversations focus on what is most pressing now and on small shifts that can reduce distress. Practical issues such as communication problems, impulsivity, guilt, and attachment wounds are common topics. He also addresses issues like substance use, co-occurring conditions, chronic pain and illness, and interests related to kink and alternative sex culture.
Sessions are held in English and organized to fit each person's schedule.
Stephen lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches in online therapy and what they offer
Stephen uses client-centered methods that focus on the client's own priorities and experiences, helping build on strengths and clarify goals. This approach is useful when someone needs steady support, validation, and a collaborative listener.He also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT is practical for addressing anxiety, sleep problems, depression, and patterns that keep causing distress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephen will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and he adjusts that plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have longer conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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