Stalburn VanSluytman

Stalburn VanSluytman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of experience helping people navigate life’s tougher moments. He brings a calm, steady presence and a long history of working directly with people facing stress, mood concerns, addiction, grief, and major life changes. He practices from Florida and offers services in English.

He began studying social psychology as an undergraduate and moved into case management and substance abuse counseling early in his career. Graduate work in Clinical Social Work deepened his interest in how past experience shapes current behavior. Over the years he has worked in agencies, run an independent practice, and delivered presentations at schools and churches about emotional disorders.

His background includes extensive work with substance use issues and training others in therapeutic methods. He combines psychodynamic ideas about life history and meaning with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He has also used mindfulness practices and Motivational Interviewing in his work.

Stalburn spent the last decade of his employed career as a mental health therapist in the Florida Department of Corrections and later did part-time quality-control work for a community mental health center. Since retiring he has volunteered with hospice programs, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the American Cancer Society, though those activities were paused during the COVID pandemic.

He aims to help people who are coping with life changes, relationship stress, anxiety, mood shifts, addiction, and caregiving strain. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps and understanding how past patterns influence current choices.

How therapeutic approaches inform online work

Stalburn uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy as core parts of his work. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical tasks, which can help with anxiety, stress, and mood problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase awareness of emotions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will adjust methods as progress is observed and needs change.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available online options before scheduling. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins around work or caregiving. They can also support continuity of care when routines change, while still focusing on concrete strategies from CBT, mindfulness exercises, and motivational techniques to address change, addiction, or mood concerns.