About Stephanie
Stephanie Stoddart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 19 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also offers focused support around adoption and foster care issues, communication problems, narcissism, self-love, and women's issues.
Stephanie keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps clients notice how their thoughts affect their feelings and actions.
How Stephanie works
Conversations lead to small, manageable steps people can try between sessions. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier mood, and better everyday choices. Her approach blends client-centered talk with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work.
That means she follows each person's lead while offering tools to change unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about making changes. Stephanie adapts the pace and tools to suit what each person needs.
She focuses on respect, sensitivity, and compassion while working toward real goals. Sessions can cover practical communication strategies, building confidence, setting boundaries, or coping with stress and burnout. People who choose Stephanie can expect clear explanations and concrete homework between meetings.
She helps clients break larger problems into doable steps and tracks progress along the way. The work is collaborative and aimed at finding solutions that fit each person's life.
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What Stephanie works with
The areas below are the ones Stephanie selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Narcissism
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can explore what matters to them and set goals that feel right. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and self-critical thinking.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend techniques to try. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and realistic rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without travel. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support possible between longer meetings. These options help fit therapy into work, school, or family schedules and allow people to practice new skills in their everyday settings.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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