About Stephanie
Stephanie Hrit is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She uses straightforward conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Stephanie holds an LMSW and an LCSW and has six years of clinical experience in behavioral health.
She emphasizes listening first and then shaping a plan that fits each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple skills people can use between meetings.
How Stephanie works
Techniques include exploring thoughts and behaviors, building emotion regulation skills, and drawing on a person’s strengths to boost confidence. Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior strategies. That mix helps with symptoms like persistent anxiety, mood struggles, and reactions to abuse or loss.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when people need help staying engaged or finding purpose. Stephanie has worked across settings for six years, supporting people through big life shifts such as separation, caregiving strain, and the aftermath of disaster. She also addresses concerns like communication problems, codependency, body image, and feelings of emptiness.
Her background includes practice in Michigan and licensing in North Carolina as an LCSW. People meet her for focused, down-to-earth sessions that emphasize skills and steady progress. She adjusts methods to match goals, whether the need is short-term coping tools or longer work on deeper patterns.
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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
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, clarifies goals, and adapts the pace so sessions feel relevant and manageable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress, and works well through video or phone sessions where homework and practice between meetings are assigned.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy communication. These skills help with intense mood swings, relationship struggles, and impulsive responses, and they can be taught via short coaching messages, live chat, or traditional sessions.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust the plan to match needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together what to focus on and when to change direction.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let people work face to face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and skill reminders between sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain regular contact and keep therapeutic work moving forward.
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