Today we’d like to introduce you to Steve Graham.
Hi Steve, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I spent decades in the nonprofit and corporate worlds leading, teaching, and serving — and I’ve always been drawn to work that genuinely improves people’s lives. I kept meeting people who were doing their best, but still felt stuck. I realized I needed deeper tools to help others navigate anxiety, trauma, and change, so I returned to graduate school, completed clinical internships, and pursued specialized training in EMDR. That training reinforced something I now see every day: awareness is often the key that unlocks freedom and new choices. After becoming licensed, I founded Discover Counseling & Consulting to help people find that clarity, grow, and become the heroes of their own stories.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Pursuing new chapters in life usually invites challenges. Graduate school, licensure, and specialized training stretched me academically and personally, and challenged me to see people and the world through a deeper lens. It was demanding, but it also sharpened my ability to help clients create meaningful change. Then came the learning curve of entrepreneurship: building a practice, developing best practices, and being intentional about the right partnerships. Each challenge required growth — and ultimately helped shape the clarity and impact behind Discover Counseling & Consulting.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
I help people find greater satisfaction in life, love, and work by blending scientific and relational methods that create real change. At the heart of my work is helping people develop new insight and unlock the power of awareness — because awareness creates options, and options create change. I often describe it like driving down the interstate and hitting the same traffic jam in the same spot every day. If you don’t know it’s coming, you only have one option: sit in it. But if you turn on a map app and see it ahead of time, you suddenly have choices — take a different route, leave earlier, or decide it’s worth the wait.
That’s what therapy can do in real life: help people recognize patterns that keep repeating in relationships, work, or anxiety and trauma responses. I specialize in evidence-based approaches, including EMDR and psychological assessments, to bring clarity and track progress. What I’m most proud of is watching clients gain real freedom — more peace, stronger relationships, greater confidence, and renewed hope. What sets me apart is a practical, collaborative style that helps people not just understand what’s happening, but create lasting change. I offer a blend of clinical expertise, EMDR, assessments, and leadership experience to create meaningful, measurable change in person in the Maitland, FL area and virtually throughout Florida.
We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
My definition of success has evolved over time. Early in my career, I measured it through a perfectionistic lens — achieving goals at nearly 100%. Now, I see success as much in what I leave out as what I accomplish: unnecessary pressure, unhealthy expectations, and patterns that keep me stuck.
To me, success is showing up for the challenges of the day, navigating them in a healthy way, and living with increasing freedom — freedom to be fully yourself, to know and be known by others, and to build a life that reflects what matters most.
Pricing:
- Sessions: Individual Counseling, Couples Counseling, EMDR, Executive Coaching – 60 minutes: $160
- Individual Sessions, Couples Counseling, EMDR, Executive Coaching – 90 minutes: $240
- Psychological Assessments: Case by Case
- 6-10 Week Therapy Packages (Anxiety Relief, Grief Processing, Boundaries/Healthy Relationship, Self Care are available
- Group Counseling: $50/per client/per week
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.DiscoverCounseling.net
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverco1014/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578575004232
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/discovercounseling/
- Twitter: https://x.com/DiscoverCo1014
