About Stephanie
Stephanie Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She offers a calm, respectful style and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Stephanie works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and trauma-related concerns.
She also supports people navigating relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, and life transitions. Her approach combines evidence-based methods in a conversational way.
How Stephanie works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy provides tools for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas shape how she builds trust and responds to each person’s history.
Stephanie has experience in leadership roles and in direct clinical care. That background informs how she structures treatment and collaborates on clear goals. She uses concrete skills, role-play, and problem-solving rather than long talks without direction.
She also addresses concerns like ADHD, compassion fatigue, anger, low self-esteem, and career-related stress. Additional focuses include abandonment, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and family-of-origin issues. Her work often blends skill teaching with attention to past attachment patterns.
Sessions are practical and paced to each person’s needs. Stephanie aims to help people find clearer routines, steadier moods, and better ways to connect with others. She encourages realistic steps and tracks progress along the way.
Stephanie lists 11 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to clarify their values and take small committed steps toward them. It helps when life feels stuck or when painful thoughts get in the way of meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing mood shifts. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and trust; it helps people improve how they relate and respond to others.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and try methods that fit your needs. Together you will track what helps and adjust the plan over time so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions and live chat can be easier on low-bandwidth connections or when a shorter check-in is needed. Text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching between sessions and quick skill reminders. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping treatment consistent.
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A practical next step
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