About Steven
Steven Sanfilippo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who offers a calm, straightforward approach to common life struggles. He focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and address depression. Steven also helps people who are dealing with relationship trouble, grief, addiction, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem issues, or questions about intimacy and career direction.
Steven uses a client-centered style that aims to meet people where they are.
Background and approach
He often blends techniques from dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to build simple, usable skills. Sessions emphasize clear goals and steps a person can try between meetings. With 11 years of experience, Steven brings steady clinical exposure to a wide range of concerns.
He has worked with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and with varying abilities. Spiritual beliefs or practices can be included in conversations when a person wants that focus, or left aside when they do not. Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Steven’s work is aimed at helping people make concrete changes, reduce suffering, and build routines that support daily life. People who start with him fill out a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions online. The therapist uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Using practical therapy online with skills and awareness
Steven combines client-centered work with dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness practices to guide online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and shaping sessions around a person’s goals, helping them name what matters and set achievable steps. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when relationships or stress feel overwhelming. Mindfulness therapy trains simple awareness and breathing practices that can reduce rumination and improve sleep and focus.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist asks about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they try methods, track what helps, and adjust plans so therapy fits the person’s life and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for brief updates, skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English