About Stephanie
Stephanie Baldwin McGowan draws on a client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and mood struggles. She is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan with more than two decades of practice. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at practical change and clearer daily functioning.
She helps people untangle family conflict and communication problems. She also works with issues such as anger, social anxiety, isolation, and feelings of guilt or shame.
Background and approach
Stephanie addresses life transitions including divorce and blended family challenges while also supporting concerns around substance use and impulsivity. Her work mixes cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance and commitment ideas to change unhelpful patterns and build a values-guided life. She uses emotion-focused and dialectical strategies when strong feelings or relationship patterns are getting in the way.
Sessions focus on skill building, clearer choices, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Stephanie believes clients are the experts in their own lives and aims to help them use their strengths. She offers a calm, direct presence and practical steps for day-to-day relief.
Over time the goal is more confidence, better relationships, and clearer direction. With 22 years of experience in clinical settings, she brings long-term practice to each session. She works in English with people living in Michigan and integrates approaches to match each person’s needs.
Online approaches that focus on skills and values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can help when worry or avoidance keeps someone from the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they decide whether to emphasize acceptance strategies, cognitive skills, or emotion-focused work based on what is most useful in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for in-depth work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments while continuing steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English