About Stephanie
Stephanie Casto is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in West Virginia with five years of clinical experience. She works with people coping with trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. She also supports parents facing parenting strain and individuals handling career changes or compassion fatigue.
Her background includes work with clients affected by complex trauma from abuse and neglect. She brings a trauma-focused perspective that emphasizes learning emotional regulation skills and processing difficult experiences.
How Stephanie works
That approach aims to reduce how much the past interferes with daily life. In sessions she uses methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and EMDR to address distressing memories and troubling thoughts. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find the motivation to make changes.
The focus is practical - building strategies for moods, panic, and daily coping. Stephanie has provided both online and in-person care through agencies and independent practice. She works with concerns like abandonment, attachment issues, blended family stress, caregiver burnout, and family of origin difficulties.
She also supports people facing shame, guilt, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Her style aims to be collaborative and goal-oriented. She helps people set small, doable steps and practices new skills in between sessions.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better coping with life changes.
Stephanie lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Stephanie works with
The areas below are the ones Stephanie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | West Virginia |
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Online support options
How Stephanie Uses Trauma-Focused and CBT Approaches Online
Stephanie often combines cognitive behavioral techniques and EMDR when working with trauma, anxiety, and mood concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety and depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) focuses on processing disturbing memories so they cause less distress and interfere less with daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and EMDR processes, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep momentum and access care from home, work, or while traveling.
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