Carol Stevens, LCSW-R

New York · 36 years in practice

Carol Stevens is a licensed social worker in New York with 36 years of practice.

License and registration

LCSW-R, New York: 025463 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1326012626 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 36
Languages: English

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About Carol

Carol Stevens is a licensed social worker in New York with 36 years of practice. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship strain, grief, and intimacy-related problems. She speaks English and accepts international clients.

Carol creates a conversational space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings. Sessions are meant to be nonjudgmental and focused on what matters most to each person. She encourages clients to name what they want to change and to take small steps toward those goals.

Background and approach

Her work draws on existential ideas that look at meaning, choice, and responsibility in everyday life. She also uses a client-centered stance that follows the person's concerns, and solution-focused techniques to build practical steps forward. Trauma-focused methods guide care when past harm affects current functioning.

Over three decades she has supported people dealing with family of origin issues, blended family challenges, caregiving stress, and complications around fertility and cancer. She helps with problems like codependency, communication breakdowns, and coping after divorce or separation. Clients meet by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.

Session arrangements use a cancellable subscription model and vary with location and therapist availability. To get started, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Carol lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Carol names

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Online support

How Carol’s approaches work online

Existential Therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice, and how people face life changes. Online sessions use conversation to help clients clarify values, confront difficult options, and find direction when life feels empty or overwhelming.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's concerns. In practice this means sessions are paced around what the person brings, with the therapist reflecting and supporting self-directed discovery and emotional expression.

Solution-Focused Therapy targets practical steps and small changes that move a person toward their goals. Online work often focuses on identifying strengths, setting concrete short-term goals, and tracking small successes between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods as the work unfolds. That shared planning helps keep sessions relevant and goal-oriented.

Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between sessions, send short updates, or use brief exchanges when a longer meeting is not possible.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and trauma and abuse. Additional focuses include family of origin problems, caregiver stress, fertility and cancer-related issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is conversational and nonjudgmental, following the client's lead while offering practical steps. She mixes existential reflection with client-centered listening and solution-focused goal work.

How much experience does she have?

She brings 36 years of professional experience as a licensed social worker in New York. That experience includes long-term work with trauma, addiction, and relationship concerns.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds an LCSW-R license in New York. Her practice is based in New York and she conducts sessions in English.

Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?

Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English for people living in other countries.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling follows based on the therapist's availability.

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