About Stephanie
Stephanie Hegle uses a compassionate, client-centered approach to guide people through difficult life moments. She emphasizes listening first, then helps individuals set practical goals they can work toward. Stephanie is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Michigan and brings ten years of counseling experience to her work.
She focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, and stress. Stephanie also helps with self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, sleep problems, and anger.
Background and approach
People bring issues like career transitions, money worries, caregiving burden, and coping with life changes, and she helps them sort these out step by step. Sessions often blend client-centered conversation with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods. That means talking through what matters most, spotting unhelpful thought patterns, and trying small, manageable experiments between sessions.
Motivational interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons for change and keep moving forward. Stephanie has worked with survivors of domestic violence and supports those facing codependency, divorce, and related family problems. She also lends support around pregnancy and childbirth concerns, midlife transitions, and compassion fatigue for caregivers.
Her ten years of experience includes varied counseling settings across Michigan. Therapy with Stephanie tends to be straightforward and goal-oriented while staying warm and responsive. People can expect a mix of listening, practical suggestions, and collaborative planning.
If the approach feels like a fit, the next step is to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Practical approaches for online counseling
Stephanie blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make real changes. Client-centered therapy means the conversation centers on the person's experience and priorities, with the therapist listening deeply and reflecting what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying small behavior experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked in the past. Together they’ll try approaches that fit the person's needs and adjust them over time as progress and obstacles become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and energy levels. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when fitting therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to meet consistently and keep momentum toward goals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English