About Stephanie
Stephanie Fredericka is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey. She brings ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and other life challenges. Her style is warm and nurturing and she focuses on building a collaborative relationship with each person.
She meets people where they are and helps them set clear, manageable goals. Stephanie draws on cognitive behavioral ideas alongside solution-focused and psychodynamic approaches to tailor care.
Background and approach
That means practical skills for changing unhelpful thoughts and patterns, plus attention to how past experiences shape current feelings. Many people come to her for help with trauma, grief, relationship and family stress, addictions, mood swings, and struggles with sleep or eating. She also supports those facing career strain, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions.
Sessions emphasize small, achievable steps so progress feels tangible. Stephanie is comfortable using a mix of short-term strategies and deeper work depending on what a person needs. She helps people build routines, manage anxiety day to day, and try new ways of coping.
Her goal is to help clients find moments of calm and clearer direction. Beginning therapy can feel hard. Stephanie aims to make the first steps straightforward, respectful, and hopeful.
She invites people to explore change at a pace that fits their life and goals.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Stephanie often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Psychodynamic therapy helps bring awareness to how past experiences and relationships influence current feelings and reactions, which can be helpful for recurring emotional patterns. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes immediate, practical steps and goals to create change quickly and build momentum.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. Sessions can mix short-term skill work and deeper reflection so the plan can shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits many routines. Video calls let therapists and clients work in real time with visual connection, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, tracking progress, or getting support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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