About Steven
Dr. Steven Levey helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. He also supports those dealing with parenting challenges, grief, low self-esteem, sleep problems, career stress, and life transitions.
Steven uses practical approaches to help people cope and move forward. He brings 22 years of experience as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - based in New York. He works in a straightforward, respectful way.
Sessions focus on what feels most pressing to the person in front of him.
How Steven works
He aims to make change manageable and realistic. In sessions he combines client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral ideas. That means conversations start with the person's goals and experience, then look at thoughts and habits that keep problems going.
Mindfulness techniques are used to build calm and increase awareness during stressful moments. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work shape shorter-term goals and next steps. Those approaches are useful when someone wants clearer direction or help making changes.
Dr. Levey often helps people break big problems into small, achievable actions. He also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, caregiver stress, commitment and communication problems, divorce and fatherhood issues.
He offers coaching-style support for life purpose, career shifts, and coping after disasters. Sessions are practical and centered on the client's needs.
Steven lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and goals. The therapist listens closely and helps people find their own solutions, which works well for relationship, parenting, and self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thought patterns and habits that fuel anxiety or low mood. It uses concrete exercises and small homework tasks to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which suits stress, sleep problems, and depression.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can be used alongside other approaches to manage stress and improve focus.
Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will help figure out which approach fits a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions are collaborative and can shift as priorities change.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and maintain a stronger connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, shorter check-ins between sessions, or a way to work through thoughts in writing. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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A practical next step
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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