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- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
About Stephanie
LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) in New York with 15 years of experience. Stephanie Diaz focuses on relationship and family concerns, parenting, stress and anxiety, mood conditions, trauma, and life changes. She uses client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people sort through immediate problems and set practical goals.
Stephanie meets people where they are and treats them as the expert on their own story. She listens for strengths and patterns, then helps translate those observations into steps that feel doable. Sessions mix talk, practical skill practice, and reflective exercises aimed at changes people can use day to day.
Her approach emphasizes how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. That includes using cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and mindfulness to increase present-moment awareness. Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what they want and commit to small changes when motivation is uneven.
Stephanie also draws on her multicultural background to consider how identity and culture shape relationships and choices. That perspective shows up when addressing adoption and foster care issues, immigration concerns, blended family dynamics, and first responder stress, among other topics.
Sessions often include goal-setting, short homework or practice tasks, and conversational check-ins. People commonly work on communication, coping with grief or loss, managing mood changes, and handling relationship strains. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
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How her approaches guide online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people clarify their priorities and feel understood during sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person's goals and preferences. That means trying approaches, reviewing what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than committing to one method up front.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and reduce travel time. It also supports shorter check-ins when a full session would be hard to arrange, and lets people do mindfulness or homework practices in their usual environment. Licensed professionals generally use these formats to help people maintain therapy alongside work, parenting, or other daily demands.
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Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She addresses relationship and family issues, parenting, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related topics.
What style of therapy does she use?
She uses client-centered work plus cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness exercises, and motivational interviewing to set goals and practice skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns and presenting problems.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.