Neil Steinert, LCSW

Licensed in New Jersey · 13 years in practice

Neil Steinert is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and the stress of life change.

License and registration

LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC05363300 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1720223118 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 13
Languages: English

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About Neil

Neil Steinert is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and the stress of life change. He supports those coping with trauma, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy and self-esteem concerns. He also works with people around ADHD, career decisions, and LGBT-related issues.

He favors practical work in sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what small steps feel doable.

Background and approach

He draws on cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and on mindfulness practices to steady attention and emotion. Attachment ideas are used to understand how past relationship patterns affect current connections. Neil blends short-term problem solving with deeper exploration when it helps.

That can mean setting specific goals and tracking progress, or pausing to look at longstanding patterns that keep repeating. Motivational interviewing techniques are used when people want help finding motivation to make a change. He practices in New Jersey and offers online options for people who live elsewhere.

Neil's style aims to be straightforward and collaborative - he listens, asks practical questions, and suggests exercises to try between sessions. He also discusses values and strengths to build on what is already working. Outside of work he enjoys rock climbing, backpacking, yoga, and exploring local restaurants.

Those interests sometimes come up in sessions as ways to build balance and self-care.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Depression
Coping with life changes
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coaching
ADHD
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Eating and food-related issues
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Neil names

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Online support

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and communication. Online sessions use conversation and targeted exercises to notice those patterns and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In remote sessions this often means identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new behaviors, and using brief worksheets or activities between meetings to track progress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Those techniques can be practiced during phone or video sessions and assigned as short daily practices to build steady habits. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose methods and adjust them as work proceeds. Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls allow visual connection and interactive work, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can be used for brief updates, skill practice, or between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Neil address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship and intimacy issues. He also helps with parenting, ADHD, career questions, and LGBT-related concerns.

How would you describe his approach in sessions?

Sessions tend to be practical and collaborative with a focus on small, doable steps. He mixes cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and attachment ideas depending on the need.

What is his professional background?

He has 13 years of clinical experience offering therapy across a range of concerns and settings. He draws from both short-term and longer-term methods to support change.

Where is he based and licensed?

He practices in New Jersey and holds an LCSW credential with a New Jersey LCSW designation.

Does he work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

How much do sessions cost?

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

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