About Stephanie
Stephanie Diaz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship and parenting stress, major life changes, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, anxiety, trauma, and challenges such as ADHD and self-esteem. Stephanie aims to create clear, achievable goals with each person she meets.
She centers sessions on what the person brings, using straightforward conversation to identify strengths and next steps.
How Stephanie works
Stephanie helps people notice how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors, then practices small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions balance practical skill-building with reflective work about emotions and values. Her approach draws on client-centered principles and cognitive behavioral techniques paired with mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
That mix lets her tailor the work to each situation - from coping with grief and anger to dealing with compulsions or relationship conflict. Humor and kind, direct feedback may appear in session when useful. Stephanie also pays attention to cultural background and how identity shapes relationships and decisions.
This sensitivity informs how she frames goals and interventions for each person. Her practice includes coaching-style conversations for career and life transitions as well as support for those facing caregiving strain or compassion fatigue. People who appreciate clear goals, practical tools, and a respectful, strengths-based approach tend to find her style helpful.
She encourages taking one step at a time and partners with clients to make steady progress.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Online approaches that aim for clear change
Stephanie often uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s priorities and strengths. This approach centers the conversation on what matters to the individual and helps shape goals that feel relevant and achievable. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice different ways of thinking and behaving that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stephanie will discuss options and adapt methods to fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions are collaborative - she checks in about what helps and what should change as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchange, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, on-the-go options for brief support and ongoing check-ins between sessions. These choices make it simpler to fit therapy into work, family, and daily routines, while keeping focus on steady progress.
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