About Stefanie
Stefanie Moreno is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, parenting strain, trauma, and ADHD-related challenges. Stefanie keeps conversations direct and practical so parents can get clear next steps quickly.
She offers straightforward help for mood problems like depression and bipolar symptoms, and for emotion regulation and impulsivity. Stefanie also supports people facing grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, sleep or eating issues, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She draws on a range of approaches to fit each person's needs. Her background includes work in behavioral health, group homes, psychiatric facilities, and independent practice. That mix gave her experience with crisis situations and ongoing support for people managing life changes and complex family dynamics.
She uses ideas from cognitive and behavioral therapies alongside mindfulness and motivational strategies. In sessions she focuses on practical skills, clearer communication, and manageable steps people can try between meetings. Stefanie pays attention to how family of origin, blended family issues, and caregiver stress influence daily life and choices.
She aims to make therapy doable for busy parents and caregivers. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Stefanie helps clients set realistic goals and practices tools together in session so people leave with methods they can use right away.
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Stefanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help when strong emotions or impulsivity interfere with daily life.She treats choosing methods as a team effort. The therapist and client review goals, try a few techniques, and adjust the plan based on what works. This collaborative process helps match skills-based work to concerns like ADHD-related impulsivity, parenting stress, or relationship communication problems.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people practice conversation skills and role-play communication. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, homework review, and reminders between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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