LGBTQ+ and Non-Traditional Families
Steven loves the rewards of working with and advocating for LGBTQ+ and non-traditional clients. He has helped them and their families realize they can get the kind of life they want and deserve. He also works with many other sexual issues including sexual dysfunction. He is proud of his ability to help partners achieve greater sexual satisfaction and increased intimacy.Steven I. Lanzet is a Senior Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Senior Marriage & Family Therapist and was Founder and Clinical Director of Boise Counseling Center, a private counseling and consulting practice specializing in helping people and organizations with Addiction and Mental Health issues. A great deal of his work has been with helping LGBTQ+ individuals, people with addictions, sexual concerns including sex addiction and porn addiction.

Sex Addiction Treatment
While Steven sees clients with many varied concerns, as a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, many of his clients and their partners are recovering from Sex, Pornography, Relationship, and Love Addiction.

Supervision
Steven’s dedication to sharing what he has learned over the years with other counselors and consultants is an important part of his practice. He is a certified supervisor for Certified Sex Addiction Therapists, Professional Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists. He enjoys helping these professionals in obtaining their licenses and certifications.

Areas of Counseling

Individual, partners, group, and family counseling, sex and love addiction treatment, drug and alcohol addiction, trauma, codependency, EMDR, creativity, physicians, executives, pilots, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, PA’s, attorneys, and other professionals.

He was the Director of the Planned Parenthood HIV Testing Program and Social Services Director for the Idaho AIDS Foundation. Steven was the Director of the Aftercare Program for Impaired Healthcare Professionals in association with the Idaho Medical Association and had the honor of being asked to go to England, where he became the first Clinical Director at Life Works, one of the leading private treatment centers in Europe specializing in treatment for sex addiction, alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, depression, and other mental health problems.

Steven was Assistant Professor of Counselor Education and Assistant Director of Graduate Studies at The College of Idaho where he taught and supervised many counselors. He was Charter President of the Idaho Mental Health Counselors Association and taught for many years at Boise State University. He served on the Idaho Board of Professional Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists for over 8 years

In addition to his private practice, he was The National Director of Late-Life Care at Healthwise and enjoys working with clients from adolescents to elders. He takes great pride in helping family members from different generations and finds it rewarding to be able to assist with some of his former clients’ children.

As a member of the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, Steven trains extensively with Dr. Patrick Carnes, the foremost authority on Sex Addiction, and other international addiction experts. Steven holds the CSAT-S (Certified Sex Addiction Therapist-Supervisor) and is one of the few Idaho Sex Addiction Therapists certified to supervise other CSATs.