Stephen Richardson, LCSW, LISW-CP
North Carolina · 10 years in practice
Stephen Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker who centers his practice on helping people find emotional and spiritual balance.
License and registration
- LCSW, North Carolina
- C012054 · expires February 2028
- LISW-CP, South Carolina
- 13202 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1174062046 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Stephen
Stephen Richardson is a licensed clinical social worker who centers his practice on helping people find emotional and spiritual balance. He brings ten years of experience and a focus on integrating faith with practical coping skills. Stephen offers direct, straightforward support for common struggles like anxiety, depression, and relationship strain.
He uses evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people manage symptoms and rebuild connection.
Background and approach
Sessions include clear goal-setting, skill practice, and attention to values and meaning. He also draws on client-centered listening to ensure each person feels heard. Stephen works with concerns that range from addiction and trauma to grief, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and identity.
He can help people facing career stress, ADHD, body-image worries, or the emotional effects of adoption and attachment questions. His practice attends to both immediate coping and longer-term growth. Although based in North Carolina, he has experience helping people across the region and accepts international clients for online sessions.
He offers a calm, direct style that blends practical tools with attention to spiritual and personal values when clients want that focus. People meet Stephen for short-term goals like symptom relief or longer-term work such as building healthier relationships and stronger self-esteem. He encourages honest conversation, hands-on skills practice, and steady progress at a pace that fits each person's life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephen names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that matter. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching them to notice thoughts and choose values-based steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses and improving how people connect and communicate in close relationships.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist listens to a person’s goals and preferences and then suggests methods to try. Sessions can adjust over time so therapy fits what is working and what needs more attention.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues and face-to-face conversation matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send quick updates, try short skills practice, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain steady therapy while juggling work, family, and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and many related issues such as ADHD, body image, parenting stress, and career strain.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His approach combines practical skill-building with attentive listening. He blends ACT, CBT, DBT, EFT, and client-centered work to match the problem and the person's goals.
How long has he been practicing?
He has ten years of professional experience working with people in North Carolina and the surrounding region.
Where is he based and licensed?
He is based in North Carolina and holds credentials as an LCSW and as an LISW-CP in South Carolina.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients for online therapy.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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