About Stephanie
Stephanie Rapton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She offers a warm, affirming approach and pays attention to identity and life transitions. Stephanie is LGBTQ+ affirming and approaches each person with respect and curiosity.
Stephanie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support recovery from trauma and to strengthen self-esteem. She uses practical, hands-on tools to help people reduce panic symptoms, manage ADHD-related challenges, and process past abuse.
Background and approach
Sessions feel collaborative and goal-focused, with clear steps to try between meetings. Her background includes three years as a practicing therapist and broader experience in the mental health field. That experience shaped a trauma-informed perspective and an emphasis on resilience after change.
Stephanie uses mindfulness and body-centered strategies alongside talk-based work when those fit the person's needs. She explains concepts plainly and breaks skills into simple practice. Parents reading on a phone will find straightforward language and concrete next steps.
The work tends to focus on short-term problem solving as well as deeper patterns that affect relationships and sense of self. Stephanie practices in South Carolina and holds the LPC credential. She conducts sessions in English and does not accept international clients.
Her approach is practical, compassionate, and aimed at helping people feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Stephanie uses Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a way that helps people name traumatic reactions and practice specific skills to reduce reactivity. TF-CBT is often used for processing past trauma and lowering intense reminders and panic responses.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy strategies to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style skills help with impulsivity, panic, and overwhelming anxiety by giving concrete steps to try in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and comfort level. Decisions about technique are revisited as progress is made so the plan evolves with the person's needs.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills coaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat lets people check in between appointments. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and build steady practice into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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