About Stephanie
Stephanie Fuertes is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, trauma, and addiction. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that can make daily life feel more manageable. Stephanie works in English and Spanish and draws on six years of experience supporting adults through change.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and focus on what will help in the client's life right now. She avoids jargon and uses simple, actionable tools. Stephanie blends Client-Centered methods with cognitive-behavioral techniques.
That means she centers the client's perspective while helping identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses trauma-focused ideas to understand how past events shape present reactions. She includes mindfulness practices and brief, solution-focused strategies to build coping skills and momentum.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Together these methods aim to improve mood, relationships, and daily functioning. People come to Stephanie for a range of concerns including parenting stress, intimacy issues, caregiver burnout, body image, and family of origin problems.
She supports those facing chronic illness, codependency, and major life transitions. Her goal is to help clients move toward clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's own goals and perspective. The therapist listens deeply and follows what matters most to the person. This approach helps when someone needs a safe space to sort feelings and decide next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and problem-solving practical concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick or combine methods based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. That process is flexible and revisited as progress is made.
Online therapy lets people connect by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more adaptable to busy schedules and varied comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish