About Steven
Dr. Steven Levey is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD. He supports individuals dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, sleep problems, and career doubts.
His style is calm and practical, focused on small steps that make daily life easier. He listens without judgment and helps people name what matters most to them. Sessions often focus on problem-solving, building routines, and improving communication.
Background and approach
Dr. Levey uses straightforward tools people can try between sessions to see real change over time. His approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills.
That means conversations begin with the client’s priorities and then move toward practical strategies to shift thinking and behavior. He also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and solution-focused work to set short-term goals. Dr.
Levey has worked with adults across major life transitions and workplace challenges for more than two decades. He pays attention to how stress, caregiver roles, and life changes affect mood and daily functioning. He also helps people facing abandonment, commitment, and communication issues.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through a variety of online formats. People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session based on therapist availability. He practices in New York as an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dr. Levey combines client-centered care, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness approaches to help people address current problems and build coping skills. Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on the client's priorities and creating a respectful, non-judgmental space to talk. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will help clients choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily routines. Sessions often mix approaches so people can try different tools and keep what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, while phone calls require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are handy for shorter check-ins, goal reminders, or ongoing coaching between full sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New York, Alaska
- Languages
- English
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