About Stephanie
Stephanie Fagan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with ten years of professional experience. She provides practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and concerns related to LGBT issues and parenting. She focuses on building an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can speak honestly about worries.
Conversations are straightforward and aim to identify what feels most overwhelming now. Stephanie helps people break problems into manageable steps and find ways to cope day to day.
Background and approach
Her background includes a decade of clinical work in West Virginia. That experience informs how she responds to recurring problems like mood changes, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and parenting strain. She also brings attention to related issues such as chronic illness, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and isolation.
Sessions typically center on the client's immediate needs and practical strategies. Stephanie listens for patterns in thoughts and behavior, then works with the person to try different approaches until something fits. The goal is clearer thinking and more usable tools for handling stress and anxiety.
People who reach out can expect a steady, empathetic presence and collaboration on realistic goals. Stephanie supports each person as they take steps toward greater well-being and improved day-to-day functioning.
Practical approaches and online flexibility
Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and problem solving. One approach emphasizes learning coping skills for stress and anxiety, helping people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of responding. Another approach centers on processing traumatic experiences at a pace the client can handle, while teaching grounding and regulation strategies to reduce intense reactions.Finding the right method is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and will adjust methods as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques seem most helpful and make changes over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth, live chat works well for brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect and respond on their own schedule. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health-related routines while keeping a steady therapeutic connection.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English
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