About Steven
Steven Paro is a licensed clinical social worker with a long history helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. He keeps sessions practical and focused on the problems a person brings in. He listens for strengths and helps people find clear next steps they can try between meetings.
He uses straightforward, client-centered methods to help people recognize what works for them. Steven draws on nearly five decades of experience working with grief, trauma, substance use, and mood difficulties.
Background and approach
That history includes time supporting people who feel disconnected from their spiritual values and those coping with major life changes. Steven also has recent experience supporting people on the autism spectrum and those with severe intellectual disabilities. He emphasizes small, learnable skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Sessions aim to build on what a person already does well and to practice habits that reduce distress. His approach includes techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral work, and mindfulness, mixed with a client-centered style. He can also use elements of dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR when they fit the concern.
The focus is practical: clearer thinking, improved coping, and better day-to-day routines. People who reach out can expect calm, goal-oriented conversations. Steven helps set achievable goals and checks progress over time.
He encourages a pace that feels manageable while keeping attention on meaningful change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where motivation or direction is a problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on finding and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and homework. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood difficulties, and managing symptoms like those related to ADHD. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people can find their own solutions at their own pace.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and can mix techniques from different approaches as needs become clearer.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent meetings, fit therapy into a busy week, and try different ways of communicating to see what feels most effective.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 46 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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