About Stephen
Stephen Valente is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life changes. He also supports people coping with trauma, attachment concerns, ADHD, and career or workplace issues. His first aim is to make reaching out feel straightforward and understandable.
Stephen uses practical talking and listening to help clients identify what matters to them. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centered work, and mindfulness to shape sessions.
How Stephen works
These methods are explained simply and used to address everyday problems like negative thoughts, relationship patterns, or overwhelm. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, useful steps. Clients can expect a calm, respectful style that challenges unhelpful thinking when needed.
The work blends reflective conversation with hands-on skills practice so people can try different approaches between sessions. Stephen has five years of professional experience as an LCSW. He brings attention to issues that often overlap - caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment struggles, and money or midlife transitions.
He also has experience supporting people with intellectual disability challenges in practical, problem-solving ways. The overall approach is collaborative. Stephen values each person’s perspective and helps them define goals that feel meaningful.
He aims to be straightforward, kind, and focused on real-life change.
Stephen lists 7 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Intellectual disability
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How approaches like CBT and ACT translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes by teaching practical steps to act despite difficult thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and workplace or relationship difficulties by building skills to test and shift negative thoughts.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those aims. Together they will try techniques, adjust as needed, and settle on what helps most for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect and respond on their own time. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still focusing on practical skill building and emotional support.
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