About Stephanie
Stephanie Howard is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She writes plainly and meets clients where they are, helping them name what feels hard and take manageable steps forward. Stephanie draws on seven years of clinical experience to guide practical change and build on individual strengths.
Her practice centers on a strength-based, client-centered style. That means sessions follow each person's priorities while also encouraging new skills.
Background and approach
She helps people develop healthier coping tools for anxiety, anger, grief, and mood concerns. She also supports those navigating parenting challenges, separation, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Stephanie uses a mix of approaches that include cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness work to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small experiments to change them.
She also employs solution-focused strategies to set clear, short-term goals and track progress. Therapy conversations aim to be practical, with homework and simple practices people can try between sessions. Her background includes a master’s degree in Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling and steady clinical work over seven years across community and counseling settings.
That experience informs a calm, encouraging style that focuses on what clients can do next. She continues ongoing education to refine her skills. People who want straightforward, goal-oriented help with mood, stress, relationships, or parenting often find this approach useful.
Sessions are offered online through video, phone, chat, or text to fit varied schedules.
How Stephanie Uses Practical Approaches Online
Stephanie combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral work to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on noticing thinking patterns, testing them, and practicing small changes to reduce anxiety, panic, or depressive symptoms.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people learn simple breathing and attention practices. These skills can reduce immediate stress, help manage intense emotions, and support long-term coping when practiced between sessions. Solution-focused elements are used to set short-term, achievable goals so progress is visible and concrete.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility limits. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction when discussion and visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing support, or notes between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English