About Steven
Steven Brenner is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and major life changes. He works with individuals who want clearer coping skills and steadier moods. His approach aims to strengthen self-understanding and steady daily functioning.
He draws on somatic methods to bring attention to body sensations alongside thoughts and feelings. That can help when stress or past trauma shows up as physical tension or unease.
Background and approach
He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape emotional patterns over time. In sessions he favors client-centered work, which means conversations follow what’s most important to the person in the room. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools are used when practical strategies are needed to shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns.
He may integrate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma memories are a focus. Over ten years of clinical experience inform his practical suggestions and pacing. He aims for clear, manageable steps rather than overwhelming plans.
Many people who contact him are dealing with relationship strain, addiction concerns, depression or bipolar mood challenges, or long-standing family issues. Sessions are conducted in English from Florida, and he accepts international clients. Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone with his style and scheduling.
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online care
Somatic work pays attention to bodily sensations and movement as part of emotional healing. Online sessions can guide gentle body awareness, breath work, and grounding exercises while the client is in a familiar place, which can help with anxiety and stress-related tension.Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and how they affect feelings and behavior today. Through conversation and reflective exercises online, a therapist can help identify old interaction habits and practice new ways of relating to others and to oneself.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with the person to choose methods that fit their goals and comfort level. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues and guided exercises, phone sessions remove screen demands, and live chat or text-based messaging allow short check-ins or written reflections. This range makes it easier to fit therapy into busy days, manage energy levels, and continue work between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English