- Years in practice
- 36
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Depression
About Stephanie
Stephanie Birnbaum is an Ohio-licensed LPCC with 36 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and parenting challenges. She brings a direct, structured style paired with steady compassion. Her approach focuses on practical skills that people can use right away to feel more grounded and capable.
She often combines cognitive behavioral techniques with Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and build new habits.
Background and approach
Solution-focused methods are used to set clear, manageable goals and track progress. When clients ask, existential questions about meaning and values may be part of the work. Therapy sessions emphasize tool-building: emotional regulation, boundary-setting, and problem-solving for daily life.
Conversations stay focused on actionable steps that fit a person’s schedule and responsibilities. Stephanie aims to help people move from feeling stuck to feeling more intentional and in control. She also brings experience addressing trauma, grief, addictions, intimacy concerns, and career transitions.
Additional interests include attachment issues, body image, first responder stress, and aging-related concerns. Her background supports a broad range of life challenges that often overlap with parenting stress. Sessions may include coaching elements alongside psychotherapy to support skill practice and real-world problem solving.
Stephanie works with clients to create plans that respect their values and daily demands. Her goal is steady progress through clear guidance and practical strategies.
What Stephanie works with
Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stephanie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online parenting support
Stephanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy as part of online work. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that increase stress or anxiety. It is useful for sleep issues, low mood, and managing daily routines. DBT focuses on emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and can help with intense reactions, anger, and relationship strain.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set concrete goals and track small wins. That approach keeps sessions oriented toward what works now and what can be tried next. Together, these methods offer both immediate tools and longer-term habit changes, and the therapist will collaborate with each person to choose what fits their needs and values.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and hands-on skill coaching. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging make short check-ins and skill reminders easier between appointments. These options help make ongoing work manageable around parenting and daily life.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does she address?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, parenting stress, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and structured with compassionate support. Sessions emphasize practical tools and clear steps clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 36 years of clinical experience helping adults navigate emotional, behavioral, and life transition challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Ohio LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - practicing from Ohio.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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