LICSW, LCSW
Stephen Weiss, LICSW, LCSW
- Experience40 years
- LocationArizona
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Relationship
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Stephen
Stephen Weiss is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of practice, holding LICSW and LCSW credentials in Washington and Arizona respectively.
Background and approach
He brings long experience to work with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, grief, and relationship and intimacy concerns, and he helps people facing career strain, parenting challenges, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and a range of attachment and family-of-origin issues.
His practice emphasizes meeting clients where they are and supporting them in choosing the changes that matter most to their lives. Weiss uses a collaborative, strengths-oriented stance that centers the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change.
He blends approaches such as Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs. Practical goals, clarity about options, and attention to values and resilience guide his work.
He is comfortable integrating clients' spiritual perspectives when that matters to them and aims to create an honest, respectful environment for exploring life transitions and healing from loss, addiction, or longstanding patterns.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care Options
Stephen Weiss integrates Internal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside Attachment-Based work to offer flexible pathways for online therapy. Internal Family Systems involves noticing and working with the different parts of a person’s inner experience to reduce internal conflict and promote self-leadership, which can be useful for trauma responses, addictive patterns, and persistent self-criticism. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes values-driven action and learning to open to difficult thoughts and feelings while pursuing meaningful goals, a useful frame for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current emotional responses, helping clients explore intimacy, trust, grief, and family-of-origin issues.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and he works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will adapt techniques from these approaches and monitor what feels most helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life changes, reduce travel time, and allow clients and licensed professionals to work together in ways that suit everyday routines and accessibility needs.
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Experience
40+ years
Licensed
Arizona, Washington
Languages
English