About Stephanie
Stephanie Harnish is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related concerns. Stephanie uses straightforward, person-centered care.
Sessions are calm and nonjudgmental. She aims to build a strong working relationship so people feel heard and ready to try new strategies. Her background includes outpatient mental health work and independent practice.
How Stephanie works
That mix shaped a practical approach to everyday problems and longer-standing difficulties. Stephanie has experience providing trauma-informed and trauma-focused treatment and has used EMDR with adults and children. In session she draws from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for thinking differently, managing intense emotions, and improving everyday functioning.
She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and mindfulness techniques to ease stress and ground attention. Stephanie pays attention to symptoms such as panic, grief, dissociation, and challenges with self-esteem or relationships. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, addictions, anger, bipolar symptoms, and life changes.
Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, with a focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Stephanie lists 8 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
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online with a therapist
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and guides conversations toward the changes they want to make. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and panic. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense feelings and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on how things are going. That collaborative process helps match tools like CBT, DBT, or client-centered work to the person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people keep face-to-face interaction when helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, pacing out thoughts between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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