About Stephanie
Stephanie Hartman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She helps people facing anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, parenting stress, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to manage stress and feel steadier day to day.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through painful experiences. Sessions aim to improve communication, build coping skills, and work through trauma or past hurts.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative - she listens first, then helps set clear, doable goals. Stephanie blends several approaches to match what each person needs. She uses client-centered techniques to follow the client's lead, cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking patterns, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
Motivational interviewing supports people facing substance use or major life changes. Over ten years of practice have shaped how she responds to complex family dynamics, attachment questions, and issues around body image and codependency. She also supports people dealing with divorce, fertility challenges, and recovery from domestic violence or dissociation.
Sessions are aimed at building small, sustainable habits. Stephanie helps clients practice new ways of relating, set boundaries, and manage overwhelm. The focus is on clear steps that fit a person's life rather than lengthy theory.
People working with her typically leave sessions with concrete ideas to try between meetings. The goal is greater self-understanding, steadier moods, and clearer next steps for whatever challenge led them to seek help.
How therapy methods and online sessions work together
Stephanie typically uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's priorities, which helps people who need a respectful space to sort out feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and gives clear exercises to try between sessions to reduce anxiety or change unhelpful patterns.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when people need tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. DBT-style skills teach practical ways to tolerate distress, regulate mood, and communicate more effectively in tense moments. Together these approaches offer both understanding and hands-on tools for daily life.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different approaches, and adjust as needs change. Clients are encouraged to share what works and what doesn't so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports quick follow-ups or reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or recovery schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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