About Steven
Steven Nordeen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin. He brings six years of counseling experience and a direct, human-centered approach. He writes plainly and works to make therapy understandable and manageable for people under stress.
Before counseling, he held a range of jobs including work with the Department of Corrections, financial planning, and aircraft maintenance. He also served clients in vocational rehabilitation and as a case manager in community and forensic settings.
How Steven works
Those roles shaped his practical view of problems and recovery. Steven’s style is client-centered and influenced by humanistic approaches. He emphasizes honesty and unconditional positive regard while keeping a clear, realistic perspective.
Sessions focus on listening first, then helping people set realistic goals and steps they can actually try between meetings. He routinely addresses stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. He also works with issues such as chronic pain and illness, communication problems, control issues, disaster coping, domestic violence, substance use, first responder concerns, guilt, and end-of-life topics.
Therapy blends conversational listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, and narrative or psychodynamic ideas when useful. Steven offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and responding without judgment. It helps people feel heard and work out what matters to them, which can reduce defensiveness and open paths to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and problems with anger or substance use.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change by exploring ambivalence and building motivation in small steps. It is commonly used alongside other methods for addictions and behavior change.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Together you will decide which techniques to use and adjust them as needs change.
Online therapy can make regular sessions easier to keep. Video calls let you see facial cues and have a conversation similar to in-person visits. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when you need flexible timing throughout the week.
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