- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Stephanie
Stephanie Holder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, compassionate care that helps people navigate parenting stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Her tone is warm and interactive, and she aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.
Stephanie draws on client-centered listening to understand each person's unique situation. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness tools are offered to reduce reactivity and increase calm during stressful moments. Sessions usually focus on short-term goals and clear steps people can try between appointments. She blends solution-focused strategies with motivational interviewing to support decision making and increase commitment to change.
This mix is often useful for parenting challenges, career shifts, or coping with life transitions. Her background includes work with trauma, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and caregiver stress. Stephanie also supports people facing addiction, compassion fatigue, and first responder stress.
She pays attention to how past losses or difficult experiences shape current relationships and daily functioning. Language of service is English and practice operates in California. Stephanie emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and collaboration in sessions.
She invites people to take manageable steps toward the life they want by combining listening with practical tools.
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
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
How Stephanie uses practical approaches online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps people discover their own solutions; this approach is useful for parenting stress, grief, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify thoughts that fuel anxiety or low mood and tests new behaviors to change outcomes. It works well for anxiety, depression, and patterns that affect daily routines and parenting decisions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily demands and then try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is most helpful for the person seeking support.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can fit into a short break, live chat is useful for immediate check-ins, and messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to use therapeutic tools consistently while managing work and parenting obligations.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does Stephanie commonly help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and addiction-related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm, interactive, and respectful. Sessions mix listening with practical steps and collaborative problem solving.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Stephanie has eight years of experience as a mental health clinician and social worker in California.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for online sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online work.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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