Stalburn VanSluytman, LCSW

Stalburn VanSluytman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with 40 years of experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting strains, ADHD and other mood concerns. Stalburn also lists codependency among his focus areas and includes work with LGBT concerns and multicultural issues.

He began studying individual and social psychology as an undergraduate at Howard University in the late 1960s. Early volunteer work at non-profit agencies led him into case management and substance abuse counseling in New York City. That experience prompted him to enter an accelerated Clinical Social Work graduate program at Adelphi University.

Stalburn moved to Florida in the 1990s and worked in several agencies and in private practice. He spent the last ten years of his employed career as a mental health therapist with the Florida Department of Corrections before retiring from that role in 2014. He has also provided presentations to schools and churches about emotional disorders and spotting symptoms in students.

His clinical background includes psychodynamic perspectives, and he has used Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in practice. He has been a certified trainer and supervisor of master-level therapists in CBT. Since retirement he has done part-time quality-control work for a community mental health center and volunteered with organizations such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the American Cancer Society, though some volunteer work paused during the COVID pandemic.

Stalburn offers services in English and practices in Florida. He draws on decades of direct work with individuals and groups to help people talk through present problems and develop practical ways to manage difficult feelings and behaviors.

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