About Stefani
Stefani Dzikiy-Wasil is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of experience helping people in Pennsylvania. She focuses on practical steps to reduce stress and manage anxiety. Her style is warm and interactive, and she aims to make conversations feel safe and straightforward for someone worried about starting therapy.
Stefani works with a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and mood disorders. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, and challenges tied to identity and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Additional focuses include ADHD, codependency, communication problems, and smoking or vaping cessation. Her approach blends client-centered listening with evidence-based tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical steps that move someone toward their goals. She has used hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing in targeted situations, for example to support smoking cessation or weight-management goals. Stefani tailors sessions to each person and adjusts techniques based on what is working.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Stefani aims to help people build coping skills they can use between meetings. She encourages small, achievable changes and supports clients as they practice them.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to availability. Stefani offers options such as video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person's priorities and experiences, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting back what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and helps identify the goals they want to work toward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behavior changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, social anxiety, and mood challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work the therapist does with each person. Stefani will talk through options and try methods that match the client's goals and preferences. This is collaborative - clients help set goals and shape the plan as techniques are tested and adjusted.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and guided exercises. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or to keep progress moving on a flexible schedule. These options give greater flexibility to fit therapy into daily life and make it easier to use practical techniques between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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