- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Steven
Steven Buck is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. He works with parents and individuals facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. He aims to listen closely and help people find practical options that fit their lives.
He spent nearly two decades in a psychiatric hospital and has also worked in independent practice and community mental health agencies. That range of experience shaped a straightforward, nonjudgmental style.
Background and approach
He focuses on strengths and treats the act of seeking help as a positive step. In sessions he pays attention to structure, boundaries, and communication. He looks at how relationships and family dynamics affect day-to-day life.
He tries to see concerns from each person's perspective before suggesting changes. Steven uses cognitive behavioral approaches alongside attachment-informed and emotionally-focused ideas. He also brings client-centered listening and motivational interviewing into work with people who want concrete changes.
The aim is practical - helping people try new behaviors and notice what helps. For parents, he offers support that respects the stress of caregiving and the messiness of family life. He helps with communication problems, blended family issues, caregiving strain, and struggles around intimacy and self-esteem.
His practice is grounded in steady, empathetic listening and a focus on workable steps. Steven is based in Missouri and holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He speaks English and has experience with a wide range of concerns including trauma, grief, addictions, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What Steven works with
Everything Steven lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Steven helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Steven lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How his approaches translate to online care
Steven often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and goal oriented, and it can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting stress.He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. That approach focuses on connection, trust, and improving communication in close relationships. Emotionally-focused methods are used when the work centers on emotional experience and repairing interaction patterns between partners or caregivers and their loved ones.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to pick methods that match goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they try strategies, notice what helps, and adjust the plan when needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or reminders. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
Questions people ask about Steven
What concerns does Steven help with?
He supports people with relationship strain, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction issues, grief, trauma, and related problems such as communication and self-esteem.
What is his therapeutic approach and style?
He uses a mix of cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-informed thinking, emotionally-focused ideas, client-centered listening, and motivational interviewing. The style is practical, nonjudgmental, and focused on strengths.
How much experience does he have?
He has practiced as a therapist for about 30 years across psychiatric hospital settings, independent practice, and mental health agencies.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is licensed as an LCSW in Missouri and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported and can he work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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