- Depression and anxiety
- Trauma-informed care
- Parenting and family
About Stephanie
Stephanie keeps sessions straightforward and paced to each person. She focuses on building a trusting connection before trying tools or strategies. Expect an empathic, down-to-earth approach and clear conversation about goals and next steps.
Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in professional child and family development and many years working with people affected by foster care, attachment and bonding problems, high-risk youth, and domestic violence. She has run work with grief, crisis management, self-harm concerns, and caregiver stress.
Outside the counseling room she volunteers as a firefighter and serves as a licensed EMT in her small community. Those roles shape a practical, calm style when stress feels overwhelming.
Stephanie often incorporates animal-assisted work at her therapeutic ranch and may include her therapy dog during in-person sessions. She frames therapy as collaborative coaching that helps people find clearer direction and more usable coping skills over time.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.