Stephanie Sarafinas is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes.
01About Stephanie
Stephanie Sarafinas is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She often supports concerns like self-esteem, career shifts, parenting strain, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges with sleep and anger. Her work also includes help for ADHD, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose.
With 25 years of experience, Stephanie takes a direct and calm approach. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps that people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses easy-to-follow tools rather than jargon, and she aims to make progress feel steady and realistic. Her methods include cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for managing emotions and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck and wants to find internal motivation to change. Stephanie pays attention to the personal context around a problem. That can mean addressing caregiver stress, chronic pain or disability, work pressures, or social isolation.
She listens for what matters most to each person and then shapes practical goals that fit real life. People who work with Stephanie often focus on building stronger routines, clearer communication, and healthier boundaries. She helps clients test changes in small steps and reflect on what works.
The goal is steady improvement, clearer choices, and more ease in daily life.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC013284 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1124963194 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Stephanie names
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
These are the methods Stephanie names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress by giving clear, step-by-step tools to practice between sessions. DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to help when feelings feel overwhelming or when reactions cause relationship strain. Mindfulness Therapy builds present-moment awareness and simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve concentration.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, personal preferences, and daily routines to decide which techniques to try first. That plan can change over time as progress and feedback guide the work.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings during a lunch break or between errands. They can also let people use shorter check-ins or focus on homework tasks that are easier to do at home. Licensed professionals tailor session length and pacing so therapy fits into everyday schedules without expecting a particular service model.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Stephanie help with?
She supports stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, career transitions, grief, trauma and related issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and chronic illness challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, focusing on practical skills and small steps people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience working with a wide range of life and mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed professional counselor, LPC, practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy match and schedule?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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