- Client-centered
- Goal focused
- Mindfulness informed
About Stephanie
Stephanie Diaz is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are navigating relationship challenges, parenting stress, life changes, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and related concerns. Her style aims to be straightforward and respectful of each person's story.
Stephanie believes clients are the experts on their own lives and helps them set manageable, real-world goals. She uses plain language in sessions and mixes approaches to fit what each person needs. People can expect a tone that balances warmth, clear feedback, and occasional lightness when appropriate.
In practice she draws on client-centered listening to understand what matters most to the person in front of her. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot how thoughts and behaviors interact, plus mindfulness tools to ground attention in the present. Motivational interviewing techniques help when someone wants to move through ambivalence into action.
Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, first responder stress, fertility and immigration matters, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Stephanie’s multicultural background informs how she notices cultural meaning in identity and relationships.
Sessions focus on making concepts useful in daily life. Stephanie helps people test small changes, track what works, and adjust plans over time. She welcomes the courage it takes to start therapy and aims to make the next steps clear and manageable.
How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online work
Stephanie uses client-centered listening to build understanding and trust, which means sessions start by focusing on what matters most to the client and shaping goals together. This approach helps when coping with relationship stress, parenting challenges, or life changes.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT offers practical steps and simple experiments you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change unhelpful habits.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Stephanie will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts strategies as progress is made. Clients help set the pace and focus of work so it feels useful and doable.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which remote formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes consistent work possible when schedules or life demands change, while keeping the same therapeutic methods and goals as in-person work.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Stephanie commonly help with?
She works with relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, stress and anxiety, trauma and grief, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, ADHD, and related issues like codependency and OCD symptoms.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her work blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. She aims for clear feedback and practical steps you can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience working in New York. Her experience includes a variety of relationship and life-transition concerns and an awareness of cultural influences.
What credential and location information is available?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Stephanie?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.