Stephen Handley, LCSW

Stephen Handley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has a heart for people and earned his Master’s in Social Work to be able to help people on a deeper level. He has been working with adults and adolescents seeking help with anxiety, depression, sex addiction, and trauma. Stephen enjoys helping others excel in their lives and overcome emotional, behavioral, substance-related issues, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. 

He believes that health is holistic and works to integrate the client’s thoughts, feelings, personalities, experiences, and relationships into the therapy process. He works to establish an authentic relationship with his clients and helps them to develop a greater sense of identity, purpose, confidence, and direction to live a more fulfilling life in Christ.

Stephen utilizes a relational, cognitive-behavioral, attachment-based, and strengths-based approach. He takes a positive, optimistic approach and builds on his clients’ strengths to help them feel confident and meet their goals.

Stephen is EMDR trained and in the process of becoming certified.  He understands the impact of early experiences, recent traumatic events, and attachment on a person’s current functioning.  Because of this, he offers EMDR intensives that entail multiple three-hour sessions.  Being able to focus on target issues without time constraints has allowed others to resolve problematic behaviors. 

Stephen understands the courage it takes to seek professional help and is intentional about meeting clients where they are in the process.