About Stephanie
Stephanie Baldwin McGowan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan. She brings 22 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, anger, and depression. She starts by listening and treating each person as the expert on their own life.
Her style centers on practical, talk-forward work that builds on a person’s strengths. She uses ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice what matters most and change unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
She also draws on client-centered and emotion-focused approaches to make space for feelings and connection. Common concerns she addresses include blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, codependency, and issues related to fatherhood. She also supports people coping with substance use problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity, social anxiety, loneliness, and finding life purpose.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit everyday life. Stephanie helps people practice new skills between meetings and track progress over time. The work aims to reduce overwhelming reactions and increase actions that match a person’s values.
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She encourages people to try changes at a manageable pace and adjusts strategies based on what actually helps. This makes therapy a practical tool people can use in their daily lives.
How Stephanie’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small, value-driven steps. Online ACT sessions often include exercises to notice thoughts and commit to actions that match a person’s values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skill work to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different responses. In remote sessions CBT often uses worksheets, thought records, and behavioral experiments to practice between meetings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps identify and name strong emotions and the needs behind them, which can improve how someone connects with others and themselves.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. This is a team process where plans are adjusted if something isn’t helping.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a shorter break at work. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, and skill reminders. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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