- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Stephanie
Stephanie Howard is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 17 years of experience to her practice in California. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and anxiety and to navigate parenting concerns. Her approach centers on listening first and then shaping sessions around each person's needs.
She combines Client-Centered work with Cognitive Behavioral and Psychodynamic ideas to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. Sessions focus on concrete skills as well as understanding how past experiences affect present choices.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Stephanie has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, schools, and community clinics. That background informs her ability to work with a range of everyday struggles like grief, workplace stress, and compassion fatigue.
She also supports parents dealing with postpartum challenges, adoption and foster care concerns, and family-of-origin issues. Her practice addresses mood and thought concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD-related struggles alongside relationship and addiction issues. Stephanie emphasizes respect and sensitivity in every conversation and helps people build small, usable steps toward their goals.
Therapy plans are shaped around the individual's priorities, whether that means brief solution-focused work or longer conversations about deeper patterns. Stephanie aims to make sessions useful and approachable so people can return to daily life with clearer choices and more confidence.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Stephanie blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply and following the client's lead, which helps people feel heard and decide their next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, mood symptoms, and everyday stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they choose whether to focus on short-term problem solving, skills practice, or longer exploration of patterns that keep returning.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can require less bandwidth and work well for a check-in. Live chat or text messaging can be used for brief updates, reflections between sessions, or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, addictions, grief, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is listening-first and collaborative. She uses client-centered conversations and mixes practical CBT skills with exploration of life patterns.
What is her professional background?
She holds 17 years of experience and has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, schools, and community-based clinics and non-profits.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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 then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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