About Velma
Velma Stevens is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with 25 years of professional experience. She offers steady, practical help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Velma focuses on conversations that are respectful and responsive to each person.
Her approach begins by listening to what matters most to the client. She works with people facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, addictions, and trauma or abuse. She also helps with parenting strains, career transitions, and mood concerns such as panic attacks and depressive episodes.
How Velma works
Velma draws on several evidence-informed methods to shape treatment. She uses client-centered work to create a collaborative space, cognitive behavioral techniques to address thoughts and behavior, and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals. Motivational interviewing and narrative therapy also inform her work when people need help clarifying values and changing habitual patterns.
Over the years she has helped people manage chronic illness, caregiver stress, and issues tied to aging and end-of-life care. She also supports those dealing with multicultural concerns, family conflict, divorce and separation, and forgiveness work. Practical coping skills and clear steps are common elements in her sessions.
Velma aims to tailor sessions to the person in front of her. She encourages small, achievable changes and follows the client’s pace. If someone is ready to start, she guides them toward scheduling and a plan that fits their life.
Velma lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Velma works with
The areas below are the ones Velma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Velma’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and values. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to build trust and clarify goals. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to talk through feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and mood problems.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find internal reasons to change. It’s useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about moving forward with recovery, healthier habits, or caregiving choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and adapt methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. Decisions about pace and focus are collaborative so the plan fits the person’s life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible. Video is good for a full conversation and reading body language, phone calls suit lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins, live chat works for on-the-spot support, and messages let people reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health limitations.
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