About Stephanie
Stephanie Holder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California. She brings eight years of clinical experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and life changes. Her manner is warm and kind, and she aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone seeking support.
Stephanie uses straightforward conversation to build trust. She listens first, then helps people set small, practical goals. Sessions focus on tools that people can apply between meetings to reduce worry and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, and solution-focused methods. That mix lets her adjust to what each person needs, whether the focus is mood, relationships, or coping after a loss or trauma. She emphasizes understanding how past experiences shape current patterns and then testing new behaviors in real life.
Stephanie also brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions when those approaches fit. Mindfulness helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them. Motivational interviewing supports those who are unsure about change or who want to strengthen their commitment to new habits.
People come to her for many concerns including parenting stress, attachment and blended family issues, caregiving strain, first responder issues, and challenges tied to adoption or foster care. She structures work toward clear, achievable steps so progress is easier to track. Her goal is practical growth delivered with compassion.
Stephanie partners with people to create plans that match their needs, values, and daily life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Stephanie often combines client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques in sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a respectful connection so people feel heard and supported. Cognitive behavioral techniques look at unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without immediately reacting. Mindfulness can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with strong emotions. Together these approaches are adapted to each person; Stephanie will collaborate with clients to find what fits their goals and daily life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a check-in needs to be quick, and text or chat options work well for brief updates and ongoing support between longer appointments. These formats let people access consistent care and practice skills where they live, work, and rest.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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