About Stephanie
Stephanie Jose is a licensed mental health counselor with two decades of experience supporting people through major life changes. She practices in New York as an LMHC and has spent years helping clients navigate mood struggles, grief, anxiety, and trauma. Her approach is direct and practical, aimed at everyday problems rather than labels.
Before moving into independent practice Stephanie worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That background means she is comfortable with crisis work and longer-term therapy.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs, drawing on approaches that help people manage mood, reduce distress, and improve relationships. Sessions focus on clear goals and real-world tools. Stephanie listens closely, then offers strategies people can try between sessions.
She will point out patterns that keep problems going and coach more effective ways of coping. Her work often covers anxiety, depression, addiction-related concerns, self-esteem, and eating issues. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment problems, dissociation, and the fallout from domestic violence or disaster.
Her background includes creative arts therapy techniques used alongside talk-based work when helpful. Stephanie describes therapy as a collaborative process. She does not use a one-size-fits-all plan; instead she adjusts methods to fit a person’s goals and pace.
People who want straightforward feedback and practical steps tend to find her style helpful.
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions by focusing on what matters most rather than getting stuck in thoughts.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand how they relate to others, address trust or abandonment issues, and build healthier connection habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie will discuss different methods with each person and together they will pick what fits best based on goals and preferences. Therapy is a collaborative process where techniques are adjusted over time.
Online sessions are offered by phone, video call, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping continuity with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York, Vermont
- Languages
- English