Stefan Bain, LCSW

Stefan Bain is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of clinical experience based in Tennessee. He lists a wide range of concerns he helps people with, including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting, family matters, and trauma and abuse. He also notes work with ADHD, bipolar concerns, sleeping problems, and self-esteem struggles.

Stefan trained at UC Berkeley with postgraduate work at Vanderbilt University. He describes a practice focused on sex-related issues and works only with men on problems such as performance concerns, infidelity, sexual compulsion and porn addiction, and sexual disorders. He also addresses related factors that often affect sexual concerns, like anger, addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, and body image.

In sessions he uses conversational, interactive methods. He draws on methods from cognitive behavioral approaches, attachment and emotionally-focused ideas, and client-centered work. The goal is practical tools people can use between sessions to manage symptoms and daily stressors.

Stefan frames therapy as collaborative problem-solving. He says treatment plans are developed through discussion and adjusted as needs change. He aims for progress that continues after formal therapy ends.

People reading who are considering therapy for sexual concerns, relationship strain, parenting stress, or overlapping mental health issues will find a clinician who focuses on those topics and who works in English and accepts international clients.

How Stefan’s approaches translate to online sessions