- Strengths oriented
- Collaborative planning
- Practical tools
About Stephanie
Dr. Stephanie Ferguson is an LPCC licensed in New Mexico with six years of clinical experience. She draws on a long career in education to help people find their strengths and address hard problems like depression, anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive. If someone is ready to change, she offers steady guidance through that process.
Her background includes three decades in education before earning a Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree. Since then she has focused on serving her rural community and offering practical mental health help where it is needed. Her experience includes work with motivation, self-esteem, parenting, career challenges, and grief among other concerns.
In sessions she creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken plainly. She describes her style as eclectic - she learns about each person first, then mixes techniques that fit the situation. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Clients can expect conversations that balance support with tools for daily life. She pulls from approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy to build practical strategies. Interventions are matched to goals like improving sleep, managing cravings, or rebuilding confidence.
She mentions a life shaped by moving as a military spouse and growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. That background informs a flexible, down-to-earth way of working with people wherever they are in life.
Her background includes three decades in education before earning a Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree. Since then she has focused on serving her rural community and offering practical mental health help where it is needed. Her experience includes work with motivation, self-esteem, parenting, career challenges, and grief among other concerns.
In sessions she creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be spoken plainly. She describes her style as eclectic - she learns about each person first, then mixes techniques that fit the situation. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Clients can expect conversations that balance support with tools for daily life. She pulls from approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy to build practical strategies. Interventions are matched to goals like improving sleep, managing cravings, or rebuilding confidence.
She mentions a life shaped by moving as a military spouse and growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. That background informs a flexible, down-to-earth way of working with people wherever they are in life.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.