Stephanie Arzavala-Reed, LCPC, LCMHC

Stephanie Arzavala-Reed is a licensed counselor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people feel and act. She brings ten years of clinical experience and works to make sessions straightforward and practical. Her approach aims to help people manage stress, worry, low mood, and relationship challenges in daily life.

She uses a mix of methods that match each person’s needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Sessions often focus on noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, trying small behavior changes, and practicing new ways of responding to hard feelings. Stephanie helps clients set clear, achievable goals and tracks progress together.

People come to her for a range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, identity and LGBT issues, and burnout or compassion fatigue. She also supports work-related stress, career decisions, and challenges around intimacy and commitment. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment worries, communication problems, and blended family issues.

Stephanie explains concepts in plain language and offers practical tools clients can use between sessions. She works with clients to build routines and habits that fit real life, not just ideal plans. Her sessions emphasize small steps people can try right away.

Located in Illinois, she holds the LCPC and LCMHC credentials and conducts therapy in English. Prospective clients should confirm current session formats and scheduling details before booking.

Approaches that guide online work

Stephanie commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then choosing actions that align with personal values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which often helps with stress, mood, and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their goals and day-to-day needs. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Check the session format options before booking to confirm current offerings. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can happen around work or family commitments. Licensed professionals can tailor exercises and homework to the online setting so progress continues between meetings.