About Stephanie
Stephanie Hartman is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people facing addiction, trauma, anxiety, parenting stress, relationship problems, and major life changes. She draws on a decade of clinical experience to offer steady, practical support. Her work is direct and warm, aimed at small steps clients can use right away.
She keeps sessions focused on what the person needs now. That can mean learning new coping skills, improving communication, or rebuilding self-esteem after difficult experiences.
How Stephanie works
Stephanie often blends skills practice with conversations about past events to reduce their hold on day-to-day life. Clients come with a wide range of concerns including ADHD, attachment issues, body image struggles, and family-of-origin problems. She also supports people dealing with domestic violence, divorce and separation, and substance use challenges.
Sessions address concrete problems like managing panic, navigating blended family issues, or handling fertility and career stress. Her approach uses client-centered work alongside specific techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets sessions feel both compassionate and action-oriented.
Stephanie works collaboratively to pick tools that fit each person’s situation. She practices in New York and conducts sessions in English. With ten years of experience, she focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
The aim is clearer thinking, better self-care, and stronger relationships over time.
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.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s priorities and following their lead. Online sessions using this approach start with the client’s goals and adapt techniques to what they find most helpful. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills for changing unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, low mood, and problem behaviors in short, structured online sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness; it is useful when strong emotions or relationship conflicts interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. From there they choose techniques and adjust them over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow face-to-face work when interaction is important. Phone sessions or live chat can fit into a lunch break or be useful on low-bandwidth days. Text-based messaging supports short check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing coaching between calls. These options help people maintain consistent progress while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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