About Stephanie
Stephanie Donley is a Licensed Master Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and life changes. She is comfortable addressing compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and work or career strain. Stephanie practices from Michigan and brings ten years of experience to her work.
Her style is warm, kind, and engaging. She avoids stigmatizing labels and aims for honest, respectful conversation.
How Stephanie works
Sessions focus on practical steps that fit into everyday life rather than abstract theory. Stephanie uses a mix of approaches to tailor care to each person. She draws from acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and a client-centered, strengths-based outlook.
That means clients learn skills for changing unhelpful thoughts, managing intense emotions, staying present, and identifying personal values. She has experience supporting people coping with serious illness, caregiving stress, bereavement, and life transitions. Stephanie also addresses ADHD-related challenges, body image concerns, blended family dynamics, and fertility or reproductive stress when these come up in sessions.
Therapy with her tends to be practical and collaborative. She helps people set realistic goals, try small experiments, and notice what works. The aim is clearer thinking, better coping, and more meaningful daily routines.
Stephanie lists 7 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic methods you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small committed steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical experiments to change thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and daily routines, then try methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative - strategies are adjusted based on what helps in real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than talking. These choices make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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