Stephen Valente, LCSW

Stephen Valente is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado. He focuses on common struggles like anxiety, stress, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and ADHD. He aims to make starting therapy straightforward for worried parents and busy adults.

Stephen uses clear, practical methods in sessions. He often works with techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. He listens without judgment and helps clients pick small, doable steps to feel better.

His background includes five years of clinical experience. Stephen has worked with people facing trauma, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiver stress. He also brings experience supporting those with intellectual disability and workplace or money worries.

In sessions he draws from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, client-centered care, and mindfulness. That mix allows him to match methods to the person’s needs and goals rather than use a single fixed style.

Stephen describes his role as a guide who will be honest and occasionally challenge clients, but always in a respectful, kind way. He supports parents who feel overwhelmed, adults rethinking careers or relationships, and people working through life changes. His goal is to help clients build practical skills they can use day to day.

How therapeutic approaches work online

CBT helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions typically include identifying patterns, trying small behavioral experiments, and practicing new responses between meetings. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related routines.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing painful thoughts and choosing actions guided by personal values. In remote sessions, ACT often uses brief exercises and values-based goals that clients can practice during daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early connections shape current bonds, helping people improve trust and communication with others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face; phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to touch base between meetings or for shorter, focused conversations. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between appointments.