- Focus on coping skills
- Eating and body image
- Direct and warm style
About Stephanie
Stephanie helps people navigate eating and body-image issues, including support around binge eating, bulimia, anorexia, obesity, and bariatric surgery journeys. She also addresses relationship and communication problems, attachment and abandonment struggles, and the emotional fallout from divorce or blended family challenges. Career concerns, parenting strain, caregiving stress, grief, and substance-related issues are part of her regular work.
Her clinical style draws on client-centered therapy to follow each person's goals, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit the client’s needs.
Stephanie has maintained a private practice since 2002 and has taught college courses and served as a psychological editor for a national surgical journal. That background informs her work with people facing health-related concerns and life changes. She helps clients build lasting coping skills after initial goals are met.
People can expect straightforward feedback and clear boundaries in sessions. Stephanie aims to help clients notice what’s working, practice new skills between meetings, and keep progress steady over time.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
South Carolina
Languages
English
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client’s goals and experience, so online sessions are shaped around what each person wants to work on and how they prefer to proceed. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses clear exercises and homework, which can be reviewed together during remote meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides short practical skills for coping with intense emotions and can be taught and practiced in session over video or phone.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients have input about pacing, priorities, and which skills to emphasize as therapy progresses.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow focused check-ins between other responsibilities. It also supports continuing care after in-person work ends, helping clients maintain coping skills and follow up on progress without needing to reorganize their schedules.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, relationship and communication problems, eating and body-image issues, parenting and caregiver stress, grief, career questions, addictions, ADHD, and related family-of-origin or attachment concerns.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her work is client-centered and practical. She uses cognitive behavioral methods, DBT skills, mindfulness, narrative ideas, and motivational interviewing to help clients change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has twenty years of psychotherapy and clinical social work experience and has been in private practice since 2002.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices in South Carolina and holds the LISW credential, listed as SC LISW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.