- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Stephanie
Stephanie Casto is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in West Virginia. She has five years of clinical experience working with individuals across a range of concerns. Her approach is practical and focused on helping parents and caregivers manage the everyday strains of raising children as well as individual emotional struggles.
She commonly helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and anger. Much of her work has involved clients affected by trauma and abuse, and she brings that experience to sessions with people who want to move forward from painful experiences.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with career stress, life transitions, and compassion fatigue. Stephanie uses methods that aim to teach skills and process difficult memories. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also uses trauma-focused approaches and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when processing traumatic memories is needed. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. She works with parents who need practical guidance on parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and attachment-related questions.
Her work emphasizes emotional regulation, clearer communication, and small steps that create lasting change. Stephanie invites people to begin by sharing what matters most to them and then building a plan that fits their daily life.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-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.
How trauma-informed and skills-based methods work online
Stephanie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors that reduce stress and mood symptoms. CBT focuses on small, practical experiments and new routines that can change how someone feels day to day.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help process traumatic memories when those memories continue to cause distress. Trauma-focused work looks at safety, emotional regulation, and gradual processing of painful experiences. EMDR involves guided processing aimed at reducing the intensity of traumatic memories and their emotional charge when appropriate.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client's goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust techniques over time. Clients and therapist together decide which methods feel most helpful for parenting concerns, grief, or trauma recovery.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make regular work easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins or between-session support, and all formats let people connect from wherever they are during the day.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does Stephanie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and trauma-related issues. She also supports parents with parenting, blended family, adoption and foster care, and attachment challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and skill-focused, emphasizing emotional regulation and clearer communication. Sessions move at a pace chosen by the client and focus on concrete steps to manage daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of therapy experience working with people across a range of ages and concerns. Much of her background includes supporting clients affected by complex trauma.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She holds a LICSW credential and practices in West Virginia as a WV LICSW. Sessions are provided from that location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that, schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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