About Stephen
Stephen Edwards is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with a decade of experience in social services. He draws on practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and challenges around self-esteem and depression.
Background and approach
His practice also focuses on issues related to LGBT identity, relationship and family concerns, career stress, and bipolar disorder, bringing a grounded, goal-oriented approach to each client. Edwards combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to support clients in building healthier habits, clarifying values, and improving daily functioning.
He also works with a range of specific concerns including blended family issues, commitment and fatherhood questions, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, men’s issues, multicultural considerations, seasonal affective disorder, sexuality, and workplace problems.
Sessions are arranged directly with him and he asks clients to be prepared for video meetings due to limited availability and his requirement that sessions occur while stationary and alone. Located in Illinois, he communicates in English and offers multiple online session formats.
His practice aims to help people find clarity, set boundaries, and make meaningful changes through collaborative, structured work.
Online approaches that support change
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It provides practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, mood symptoms, and workplace stress by teaching strategies that can be used between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing helps people explore their own reasons for change and build internal motivation. This approach is useful for addressing ambivalence around life transitions, commitment issues, career decisions, and patterns that clients want to alter.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and this work is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily realities with each person to determine whether CBT, Motivational Interviewing, or a combination will best support progress.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, maintain continuity during life changes, and access care from a convenient location. Edwards requires video sessions for active clients and asks that participants be stationary and alone during meetings to ensure focused, effective work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, North Carolina
- Languages
- English