About Stephanie
Stephanie Engel is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She treats mood concerns like depression and supports people who struggle with low self-esteem and motivation. Her tone is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at making the first step feel doable for anyone who is nervous about starting therapy.
She focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps clients can use between meetings, such as small behavior changes and straightforward coping tools. Stephanie often blends strategies that help people notice their patterns and test new ways of responding. Her background includes work with a broad range of life challenges like caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, and issues that come with aging.
She also addresses communication problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. Stephanie brings a calm, steady presence to conversations about midlife transitions and concerns tied to military service. Therapy sessions use proven approaches to help clients set clear goals and practice new skills.
Stephanie helps people break big problems into manageable steps and tracks progress together. She encourages small experiments that build confidence and reduce avoidance. People who choose her for support can expect practical feedback, encouragement, and a focus on what helps in daily life.
Stephanie aims to make therapy feel like a collaborative process toward clearer goals and better coping.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then act in line with their values. It focuses on building a life worth living by choosing small, meaningful actions rather than getting stuck in worry or avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adjusted over time if something isn’t working as hoped.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through exercises face to face. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t practical. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing things out. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while still using ACT and CBT tools in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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