About Stephanie
Stephanie Alley is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Oregon who focuses on stress and anxiety. She works with people facing life transitions and relationship concerns. She offers practical support for grief and coping with major changes.
Stephanie also provides coaching for career and leadership challenges. Stephanie starts by listening to each person's story and identifying what is already working. She treats clients as experts on their own lives and builds on individual strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize clear goals and steps that fit daily life rather than abstract theory. Her background includes three years as an LPC, with additional experience helping people navigate divorce and separation, loneliness, and workplace problems. She also supports people working through questions about life purpose, midlife change, and self-love.
Communication problems and women's issues are other areas she addresses. Therapy sessions blend short-term problem solving with longer-term reflection when helpful. Clients can expect practical strategies for managing anxiety and stress, plus skills for improving communication and setting boundaries.
Stephanie frames change as a series of manageable steps so progress feels realistic. People who choose her often want a collaborative partner who offers straightforward guidance. She helps clients turn insights into action, whether that means coping with loss, changing careers, or repairing strained connections.
The goal is clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
How Stephanie brings evidence based techniques to online care
Stephanie uses established, evidence based techniques that focus on clear skills and small changes. One common approach teaches practical anxiety management tools such as breathing and behavior experiments to reduce avoidance and increase confidence. These exercises help people test worries and notice what actually happens rather than only what they fear.Another approach centers on problem solving and coaching focused on life transitions and workplace challenges. This method breaks big problems into actionable steps and supports clients in setting priorities, improving communication, and planning career moves or separation logistics.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Stephanie works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and daily life. She will adjust techniques over time and explain why a strategy is being tried so clients stay involved in decisions about their care.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face to face conversation and visual coaching. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check in is needed. Live chat and text based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and track progress in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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