Stephen Burke, LICSW

Stephen Burke is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in New Hampshire. He has 20 years of experience helping people who are struggling with relationships, parenting, career pressures, trauma, and related stressors. He also has experience supporting people connected to adoption and foster care.

He uses a straightforward, interactive style in sessions. He asks questions, listens, and helps clients set clear goals they want to reach. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and building on strengths. Stephen describes his approach as client-centered and non-judgmental.

When trauma is part of the story he brings a trauma-informed lens. That means paying attention to safety, pacing, and how past events affect current behavior. He blends trauma-focused methods with solution-focused work so clients can reduce distress while moving toward concrete changes.

People often come with worries about parenting, blended family issues, fatherhood, or adoption-related concerns. He also helps with anxiety, grief, relationship conflict, intimacy issues, addictions, and work-related strain. First responder stress and compassion fatigue are listed among his areas of focus.

Stephen treats the therapy relationship as a collaboration. Together he and the client create a plan that fits their goals and daily life. He frames therapy and coaching as tools to improve overall quality of life and to manage specific challenges.

Approaches and how online work can fit your life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's goals and values. The therapist follows the client's lead, listens closely, and helps clarify what the client wants to change. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps that build on what already works and helps create short-term plans to reach specific goals. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past events affect current feelings and behavior and uses paced strategies to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Finding the right fit is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose which approaches to use based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or circumstances change.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is tight, or remove the need to travel. It can also let people continue therapy while managing work, parenting, or caregiving responsibilities, and it supports steady progress on goals from wherever the client is located within the therapist's service area.