About Stephanie
Stephanie Sammarco is a licensed counselor who brings 15 years of experience to her work in New Jersey. She holds LPC and LPMHC credentials and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Stephanie aims to make first steps into therapy straightforward and respectful.
She tends to build a strong working relationship with each person she sees. That starts with listening and making space for what matters most to the individual.
How Stephanie works
From there she helps set clear, realistic goals and practical steps to reach them. Stephanie draws on several approaches during sessions. She uses client-centered methods to keep the person’s priorities central.
Cognitive behavioral techniques help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and reduce reactivity. She also brings techniques from motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas to help clients understand deeper patterns and find internal motivation for change.
These approaches are adapted to the issue at hand, whether coping with a life change, working through family conflict, or managing chronic illness and pain. Sessions are offered using several online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Stephanie supports people who need practical, down-to-earth help for everyday struggles and bigger life transitions.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Stephanie’s approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy keeps the person’s concerns and goals at the center of sessions. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps clients shape their own direction, which can be especially helpful for relationship and family stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It suits worries, anxiety, depression, and problems that benefit from hands-on practice and short-term skills building.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment focus. These tools support coping with stress, chronic pain, and emotional ups and downs.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Stephanie will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative planning can change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video suits face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a faster check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy schedules.
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A practical next step
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