Steve Hammer, LSCSW

Steve Hammer is a licensed social worker with 40 years of clinical experience. He works with people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and family concerns. He aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and start to make practical changes.

He adapts conversations and plans to each person's needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all script. Sessions focus on thoughts and everyday habits that shape mood and behavior. Steve uses straightforward strategies to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding in daily life.

Over four decades he has supported people facing relationship strain, divorce and separation, blended family issues, fatherhood concerns, and problems like codependency and communication breakdowns. He also works with those dealing with dissociation, obsessive or compulsive patterns, guilt and shame, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

Steve draws on several practical approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and solution-focused strategies. He tailors these tools to the situation at hand and to what each person prefers.

People often come for help with life purpose, loneliness, jealousy, infidelity, or veteran and armed forces issues. He encourages small, doable steps that fit into everyday life and builds on strengths already present.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and shapes the work around their goals and pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and everyday habits and uses short practical exercises to shift patterns that maintain anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, often with step-by-step practice.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose which methods suit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people try behavioral experiments or skill practice between meetings and bring real-life examples to session conversations. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to work well across various ways of meeting once the session format is confirmed.