Velma Stevens, LCSW

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Experienced LCSW helping people move forward

Details

Name	Velma Stevens
Credentials	LCSW
Based in	Florida
Licensed in	Florida
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	25

About Velma

Velma Stevens is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and relationship strain. She also addresses addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and issues linked to parenting and caregiving.

Velma takes a respectful and compassionate stance. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs. She aims to create straightforward goals and practical steps rather than offering one-size-fits-all advice.

Background and approach

Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, panic and post-traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing chronic illness, aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life matters, and caregiver stress. Therapy sessions often draw on Narrative Therapy to help clients reframe their life stories and on Client-Centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person’s priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and solution-focused tools are used when practical behavior changes or coping skills are the goal. Velma works with multicultural concerns, women's issues, and forgiveness work as part of broader healing. She invites people to take small, manageable steps toward change and to set the pace for therapy.

The first meeting looks at current struggles and immediate needs. From there she and the client shape a plan that fits daily life, values, and long-term goals.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Velma works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Velma among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Velma among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Velma among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Velma among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Velma directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Velma directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

Approaches that shape online sessions

Velma uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and reframe their personal stories, making it easier to spot themes that no longer serve them. Client-Centered Therapy guides the pace of work by keeping conversations focused on the client's concerns and choices, letting people lead what they want to address. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when used, targets specific thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete coping skills for anxiety, panic, mood, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Velma will listen to your goals, try different tools, and adjust the plan based on what helps you make progress. The focus is on practical changes you can use between sessions as well as on longer-term shifts in how you see problems.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit a work break or low-bandwidth situation, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can fit therapy into busy lives.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does Velma commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, and parenting or caregiver stress, among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Velma blends client-centered listening with Narrative Therapy and practical techniques. She focuses on clear goals and steps that match each person’s needs.

How much practice does she have?

She has 25 years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.

What credential and region does she hold?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida and conducts practice from that state.

What languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available?

Velma offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin therapy?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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