About Steven
Steven Buck is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience. He helps people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, depression, anxiety, ADHD, addictions, and grief. He also supports concerns like intimacy, self-esteem, bipolar mood struggles, trauma and compassion fatigue.
He keeps sessions straightforward and non-judgmental. He listens first and aims to see issues from the client's point of view. That helps him offer practical options and solutions that fit each person's life.
How Steven works
Steven blends several approaches depending on the need. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. He also works from attachment and emotionally focused perspectives to improve connection and communication.
His background includes almost two decades in a psychiatric hospital, time in mental health agencies, and independent practice work. That range gives him experience with both short-term problem solving and longer-term emotional work. In sessions he pays attention to structure, boundaries, and communication patterns that affect relationships.
He highlights strengths rather than weaknesses and helps people build healthier routines and responses. He believes mental health is as important as physical health and treats seeking help as a positive step. Steven is licensed in Missouri as an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and conducts sessions in English.
He welcomes people who want a calm, thoughtful approach to solving life and relationship problems.
Steven lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Steven works with
The areas below are the ones Steven selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- 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 conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces 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 | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Steven often draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current connection patterns affect relationships; this helps with intimacy, communication problems, and attachment issues. He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the session on the client's experience and priorities so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice concrete behavior changes for anxiety, depression, ADHD, and anger.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will pick methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different situations. Video works well for deeper conversations and reading facial cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat or messaging can fit into a busy day and offer shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to attend sessions from varied locations and schedules while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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