About Stephanie
Stephanie Freeman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of practice based in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, mood changes, and relationship problems. She frames work in straightforward terms so people can see progress in daily life.
Her style is warm and respectful. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Stephanie uses clear tools and steps so people know what to try between meetings.
Background and approach
In therapy she draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to help manage strong emotions and reduce impulsive reactions. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change when habits like substance use get in the way.
Stephanie pays attention to how past relationships and attachment patterns shape current struggles. She also addresses issues such as caregiver stress, blended family tension, codependency, and problems that come up around parenting or family roles. The aim is practical change rather than long lists of concepts.
Sessions can include short skills practice, planning for difficult moments, and exploring what matters most to the person. Stephanie explains options and tailors the plan to each person’s situation and goals. Her approach suits people who want a direct, compassionate therapist who offers concrete tools and ongoing support while they work through life changes and recurring problems.
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Stephanie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT sessions typically break problems into smaller parts and include practical exercises to try between meetings.She also brings dialectical behavior therapy skills to moments of strong emotion, teaching techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication. DBT-style skills can reduce impulsive reactions and improve day-to-day functioning.
Motivational interviewing is used when change feels hard or uncertain; it focuses on the person’s own reasons for change and builds commitment without pressure.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The therapist and client decide together which tools fit best for the situation.
Online formats let people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on need. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins or skill practice, and messaging can be used for quick updates between sessions. These options make scheduling and continuity easier for people with busy lives or limited transportation.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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