About Stephanie
Stephanie Knauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, as well as related concerns like depression, addictions, and low self-esteem. Stephanie aims to make conversations straightforward and practical so parents and adults can find relief and next steps quickly.
She uses a mix of approaches that fit each person's needs. Cognitive behavioral methods are used to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior strategies teach emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Stephanie has seven years of professional experience working across treatment settings, including inpatient behavioral health and substance use services.
That range helped her learn concrete tools that translate to daily life. She also brings an interest in holistic wellness and has worked with people dealing with performance anxiety. Sessions focus on identifying clear goals and building practical skills.
Stephanie guides people through small changes that add up over time. She explains techniques in plain language and checks in often to make sure the work feels useful. People can expect a collaborative style that balances support with structure.
Stephanie helps chart manageable steps for coping with life changes, grief, parenting strain, ADHD-related concerns, and relationship or communication problems. The aim is steady progress toward better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Stephanie often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and build new, practical habits. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, sleeping problems, and mood concerns because it breaks problems into clear steps to work on.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. Those skills are helpful for intense emotions, anger, relationship patterns, and impulse control. Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and helps people change long-standing patterns in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and daily routines, then recommend and try methods that fit. This happens collaboratively so adjustments can be made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy with video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video feels most like an in-person session, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging formats work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice skills in real life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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