Stephen Valente , LCSW

Stephen Valente is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Colorado with five years of clinical experience. He helps adolescents, adults of all ages, and couples navigate a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, parenting, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, career issues, and coping with life transitions.

His additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, caregiver stress, family problems, intellectual disability, men's issues, midlife transitions, financial concerns, mood disorders, and workplace difficulties. Drawing on a strengths-based, client-centered stance, he treats each person with acceptance, respect, and practical support while working collaboratively to define meaningful counseling goals.

He uses an eclectic blend of therapeutic methods to tailor treatment to each client's needs. Core approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. Valente aims to be honest and supportive, offering gentle challenge when it will help clients move toward change.

Stephen holds the LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and applies clinical training to help clients build insight, skills, and coping strategies. He is not currently accepting clients.

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