About Stephanie
Stephanie Sarafinas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and career or parenting challenges. She also supports those facing trauma, grief, relationship strain, and struggles with self-esteem or life purpose.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on practical skills and small changes that fit daily life. She uses methods that help people break unhelpful patterns, cope with strong emotions, and move toward clear goals.
How Stephanie works
Stephanie draws from several evidence-based approaches to match what each person needs. She blends techniques so sessions feel useful from the start. Clients work on thoughts, behaviors, and moment-to-moment coping skills depending on the concern at hand.
She has spent many years supporting people dealing with chronic pain, caregiver stress, ADHD, autism spectrum experiences, and work-related pressure. Stephanie also addresses parenting strain, family communication problems, codependency, and issues like guilt, shame, or isolation. In the room she aims to create a calm, practical space for problem solving.
Conversations often include goal setting, homework between sessions, and skills practice to build confidence. Her style is warm, direct, and focused on what helps in daily life.
Stephanie lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Stephanie works with
The areas below are the ones Stephanie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Two of the approaches Stephanie uses are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life, then changing behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication skills for strong or reactive emotions.She also integrates Mindfulness Therapy in many cases, which uses simple attention skills to notice feelings and reduce reactivity. These approaches are practical and skill-focused, so they translate well to remote work when clients want concrete tools to use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Treatment plans are adjusted over time so techniques fit the client’s needs and daily routine.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and focus on skill practice without lengthy travel. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to help clients build coping skills and move toward clear, manageable goals.
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