About Stephanie
Stephanie Petersen is a licensed clinical social worker who combines practical talk therapy with hands-on coping tools. She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential in Missouri and a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) credential, and she brings 14 years of experience to her work. Stephanie writes simply and directly, making it easy for a worried parent to follow along.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking.
How Stephanie works
She also uses mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and help people feel steadier day to day. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, not just conversation in the room. Stephanie helps with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, life changes, and addiction-related concerns.
She also supports people facing relationship tension, parenting strain, career crossroads, and compassion fatigue. Other areas she addresses include ADHD, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Her background includes hospital medical social work and home health, and she has provided telehealth therapy since 2020.
That experience informs her practical, problem-solving approach and her comfort with remote session formats. In sessions she balances attention to past experiences with concrete steps for today. Expect a warm, nonjudgmental tone and clear suggestions for coping skills.
The goal is steady progress and usable tools that fit into everyday life.
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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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for remote care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that fuel anxiety or low mood and practising small changes that shift daily behavior and mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in stressful moments.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they try methods, adjust what isn’t working, and build a plan that fits the person’s life and rhythm.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues matter, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get brief support between appointments and to track progress over time. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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