Steven Taylor, LMSW
I am a Michigan based clinical Social Worker providing psychotherapy to adults, couples, and families. My work centers on helping individuals navigate life transitions, relationship dynamics, trauma, grief, shame, identity development, sexuality, sexual health, LGBTQ+, and emotional regulation with clarity and self-respect.
My therapeutic style is collaborative, grounded, and integrative. I draw from evidence-based approaches including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) informed work, with the use of narrative and somatic-based interventions. I focus on helping clients understand their internal patterns, develop practical coping skills, and build sustainable insight that supports long-term change rather than short-term symptom management.
Clients can expect an engaged, structured, and relationally attuned environment. I value transparency, pacing, and shared goal-setting. Sessions are client-led while supported by clinical guidance, psychoeducation, and reflective dialogue. I aim to create a space where clients feel both supported and empowered to engage in meaningful personal work.
I have professional experience in trauma-informed care, sexual assault advocacy and prevention, psychoeducation, group facilitation, and clinical supervision. My approach respects each client’s autonomy, lived experience, and values while maintaining ethical, culturally responsive, and compassionate care.
How I work
Working with me feels thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity. I meet people where they are, then help them slow down enough to understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface-patterns, roles, protective strategies, and unspoken stories that shape daily life. From there, we work toward clarity, choice, and alignment.
My approach blends evidence-based psychotherapy with creative and analytical frameworks. I often draw from game theory, role-play, psychoanalytic insight, and adaptive leadership models, alongside familiar cultural touchstones like films, literature, and tabletop role-playing games. These tools help make complex inner dynamics more visible, accessible, and workable.
Sessions are structured but flexible, reflective and practical. I prioritize emotional safety, honest dialogue, and skill-building that translates beyond the therapy space. Whether you’re navigating traumatic events, dysfunctional relationships, exploring identity, grief, or a major life transition. The work is about helping you understand your inner system, reclaim agency, and move forward with intention rather than autopilot.
My approach is shaped by real-world work in domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy, parent education, psychoeducation, and sexual & relational health education curriculum support- spaces where listening, safety, and trust matter deeply. What guides my work most is respect for people’s lived experience and resilience. I see our work together as a shared process, not an expert fixing a problem, and I focus on building understanding, steadiness, and practical support so change feels possible and sustainable.
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