About Stephanie
Stephanie Howard is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience practicing in California. She uses a straightforward, person-focused style to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related concerns. She aims to meet people where they are and partner with them on realistic goals.
Stephanie draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic ideas to shape sessions. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while also looking at patterns that come from life history.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and conversational, with an eye toward what changes feel doable now. Her background includes work in inpatient and outpatient mental health, schools, and community clinics. That range informs a flexible approach to different life situations, from workplace strain to postpartum adjustment and grief.
She also has experience with trauma, addictions, and parenting-related stress. Stephanie favors a strengths-based, client-centered way of working. She asks questions, listens for what matters most, and then tailors a plan that fits each person's needs.
Progress is measured in small, concrete steps rather than abstract goals. People who come for help with relationship conflict, family of origin issues, or feelings of isolation will find focus areas addressed directly. She also supports those navigating career changes, coping with life transitions, and managing compassion fatigue.
The tone in sessions is respectful, sensitive, and grounded in real-world solutions.
How Stephanie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients identify strengths to build on. This approach is useful for people who want a respectful, collaborative space to figure out next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management because it emphasizes practical exercises and clear steps to change day-to-day patterns.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Stephanie will talk with each person about their needs, preferences, and goals and recommend which methods to prioritize. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, and choices are made together rather than imposed.
Online sessions can fit into busy lives. Video calls let people hold full conversations and read nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, coping reminders, or flexible communication between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, parenting, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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