About
- Stress and anxiety
- Family concerns
- Practical tools
About Steve
Steve Hammer is a Kansas-licensed social worker, LSCSW, with 40 years of professional experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and depression. Steve presents straightforward, practical help for people dealing with difficult situations at home.
He focuses on concrete problems such as blended family issues, communication breakdowns, divorce and separation, and fatherhood concerns. He also addresses codependency, control issues, dissociation, guilt and shame, and the fallout from infidelity. His background includes work with veterans and armed forces issues and with obsessive-compulsive concerns.
Steve uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide sessions, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused ideas, and solution-focused methods. In practice he listens, reflects, and then offers tools that fit the person in front of him. Sessions tend to combine talking with clear steps the client can try between meetings.
He frames treatment around whatever a client wants to change first. That can mean rehearsing a difficult conversation, learning ways to manage anxiety, or practicing new habits for parenting and household stress. Steve describes the process as collaborative and goal-oriented, with regular check-ins on progress.
People who choose him should expect direct, calm guidance and practical suggestions they can use right away. To begin, clients follow the site's scheduling flow to find a suitable first session and start with a short matching questionnaire.
How sessions work
How his approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting. It helps people describe what matters most and set the agenda for each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and OCD patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Steve will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is reviewed.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making it simpler to meet between other commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill-practice to an online setting so clients can apply tools at home and at work without changing their routine.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns does he address?
He works with adults on family issues such as blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, communication problems, and fatherhood challenges.
What is his general therapeutic style?
He uses a client-centered, practical style and combines it with CBT, DBT, and solution-focused techniques to produce clear, usable strategies.
How much experience does he have?
He has 40 years of professional experience working with stress, trauma, mood concerns, and family-related issues.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is an LSCSW licensed in Kansas and practices from that state.
Does he offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session format options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin scheduling a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your initial session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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