Stephen Weiss, LICSW, LCSW

Stephen Weiss is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Arizona with 40 years of experience. He focuses on everyday problems that get in the way of life - anxiety, depression, stress, relationship conflict, grief, addiction, parenting strain, anger, and career frustration.

He offers straightforward individual counseling and work with couples and family concerns. He begins by meeting people where they are and discussing what they want to change. He treats therapy as a practical process of deciding on steps to try and checking how those steps worked.

Stephen uses talk-based methods and skills work. He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and actions. He also uses attachment-informed perspectives to look at how early relationships affect current bonds.

Sessions include problem-focused work such as stress management, coping with life changes, and relapse prevention for addictions. He also addresses longer standing patterns like codependency, commitment issues, and family-of-origin problems. He will work with faith as part of therapy when that matters to the client.

Stephen describes his role as practical and transparent. He helps clients identify strengths, set small goals, and decide what changes to try. That emphasis on clarity and collaboration can suit people who want direct guidance and clear strategies for handling anger, relationship strain, or ongoing stress.

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