About Claudia
Claudia Stephens is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. She brings a calm, steady presence and practical tools to sessions. Claudia focuses on real problems and clear steps forward.
Her work blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, and mindfulness strategies when they fit a person's needs.
How Claudia works
Sessions are meant to be collaborative and paced to each person's comfort. Claudia has worked in schools and clinical settings and has many years supporting people through grief, depression, and relationship struggles. That background informs how she talks about parenting strain, blended family concerns, and family of origin issues.
She also addresses work stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue. She helps people name patterns like codependency, control issues, or fears of abandonment and then build alternatives. Practical skills include communication practice, behavioral experiments, and grounding techniques.
EMDR may be introduced for trauma-related memories when appropriate. Claudia holds Licensed Clinical Social Worker credentials in Virginia and Texas. Sessions are offered in English and are conducted online through video, phone, chat, or text.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows based on therapist availability.
Claudia lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Claudia works with
The areas below are the ones Claudia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Approaches for healing offered online
Claudia often draws on attachment-based therapy to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach focuses on identifying relational needs and building safer, more supported ways of connecting with others. She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and following the person's pace. Sessions using this approach prioritize the client's perspective and work from the topics they bring up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, appears when practical skill building is helpful. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches strategies to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Claudia will discuss options, try techniques in session, and adjust based on what helps a person meet their goals and preferences. Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, written processing, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. This mix of approaches and formats makes it easier to match therapy to a person's schedule, symptoms, and comfort level, while keeping the focus on practical progress.Start online instead of waiting
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