About Stephanie
Stephanie Traver is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in New York. She brings 11 years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people cope with trauma, anxiety, mood challenges, and stress. Stephanie uses straightforward conversation and practical steps so people can make real changes in daily life.
Stephanie draws on several therapeutic approaches to match what each person needs. She often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them.
How Stephanie works
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and early woundings. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, parenting strain, bipolar mood patterns, addictions, grief, anger, and attention differences.
She also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, and the fallout from major life changes. Sessions can focus on concrete coping skills or longer-term patterns depending on what the person wants. Stephanie encourages self-reflection paired with small, manageable steps.
Together a plan for coping with external stressors and long-term challenges is built. The aim is clearer insight and practical moves that improve day-to-day functioning. People who meet with Stephanie can expect a direct, supportive approach that balances understanding with action.
She works in English and accepts international clients, meeting through a range of online formats to fit different schedules.
Stephanie lists 12 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.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck from unhelpful thinking. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical tools to change patterns that fuel depression and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connection patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That may mean starting with coping skills and shifting to deeper attachment work over time, or combining approaches based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when helpful. Phone sessions or voice check-ins can fit a shorter break or avoid needing to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, between-session practice, or ongoing reflections. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into a routine.
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