About Steven
Steven Timms is a licensed professional counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio with 12 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. He aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where clients can talk through what is most worrying them.
Steven adapts conversations and plans to match each person's needs rather than using the same approach for everyone.
Background and approach
He listens for practical patterns that get in the way of daily routines, relationships, work, or parenting, and then works with clients to try new habits and ways of thinking. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented while still making room for difficult feelings. People often come for help with grief, anger, addictive behaviors, trauma and abuse, or low self-esteem.
He also supports those facing relationship stress, career concerns, bipolar disorder challenges, and parenting strain. His practice includes short-term problem solving and longer-term work depending on what a client wants. Steven emphasizes collaboration: clients set priorities and he offers strategies, feedback, and adjustments as progress is reviewed.
He believes small, consistent changes add up over time and aims to keep steps realistic and manageable. The tone in sessions is direct but compassionate, with an eye toward practical change. For English-speaking clients in Ohio, Steven provides a clear path to begin work together and tailors scheduling and session format to each person's life and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Steven uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on behavior and thinking to help people manage symptoms and build routines. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and depressive moods. This method helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and try small experiments to shift reactions.Another approach centers on practical behavior change - setting small, achievable goals, adjusting daily routines, and practicing new skills to improve focus, reduce impulsivity, or manage stress. This is useful for ADHD-related difficulties, addictions, and coping with life transitions because progress is concrete and measurable.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to weigh needs, goals, and preferences, then adjusts techniques over time based on what is working. Clients set priorities and the plan changes as progress is reviewed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still getting consistent support from a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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