About Stephanie
Stephanie Zitani is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with eight years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with addiction. She also supports clients dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, grief, and life changes.
She approaches therapy believing each person knows their story best. Sessions focus on strengths and practical steps. Stephanie listens, asks clear questions, and helps clients set small goals that build momentum.
Background and approach
Her work often combines straightforward skill-building and thoughtful reflection. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help people calm their attention and respond differently to difficult feelings.
Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when someone is working on change, especially around substance use or other compulsive behaviors. Client-centered therapy guides how she engages - offering respect, empathy, and a steady presence while people sort things out. Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative.
Common topics include managing mood swings, handling conflict, improving communication, and addressing compulsive behaviors. Stephanie helps clients break big problems into manageable steps and build coping habits that fit their life. People who choose her work together to set clear goals and check progress over time.
The focus is on useful tools, honest conversation, and gradual shifts that feel sustainable.
Approaches and online options that fit your life
Stephanie blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques to make sessions practical and clear. Client-centered work means she focuses on listening, showing empathy, and helping people feel heard while they figure things out. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that feed anxiety, low mood, or problematic habits.She also draws on mindfulness practices to teach attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity and improve focus. For people working on change around substance use or other habits, motivational interviewing helps uncover personal reasons for change and build motivation without pressure. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of therapy itself and is worked out together based on goals and what feels helpful.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face connection and full conversations, while phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit support into busy days or to process feelings between longer sessions. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible so people can get consistent help that fits their routine.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English