- Warm interactive style
- Works in English and Spanish
- Focus on practical skills
About Stephanie
Stephanie Carvajal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and family concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a warm, interactive presence to sessions. Stephanie works with individuals on issues like parenting strain, relationship problems, and coping with life changes.
She blends practical approaches in the room, using client-centered work to follow what matters most to each person. Stephanie often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also draws on dialectical behavior techniques and mindfulness to teach skills for managing strong emotions.
Her background includes community and medical settings where she supported people through trauma, crisis intervention, and early childhood and family dynamics. She has completed the Nurturing Parenting Program Certification and earned an Infant Mental Health Endorsement, which reflect focused training in early childhood and parent support.
Sessions focus on concrete steps clients can take between meetings, such as practicing new communication habits or emotion-regulation strategies. Stephanie uses motivational interviewing to help people identify their goals and find their own reasons to change. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Outside of therapy, she enjoys running and has participated in mission trips to Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Nicaragua. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
She blends practical approaches in the room, using client-centered work to follow what matters most to each person. Stephanie often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also draws on dialectical behavior techniques and mindfulness to teach skills for managing strong emotions.
Her background includes community and medical settings where she supported people through trauma, crisis intervention, and early childhood and family dynamics. She has completed the Nurturing Parenting Program Certification and earned an Infant Mental Health Endorsement, which reflect focused training in early childhood and parent support.
Sessions focus on concrete steps clients can take between meetings, such as practicing new communication habits or emotion-regulation strategies. Stephanie uses motivational interviewing to help people identify their goals and find their own reasons to change. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Outside of therapy, she enjoys running and has participated in mission trips to Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Nicaragua. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online work
Stephanie often uses client-centered therapy, which means she follows what matters most to each person and shapes sessions around their goals. This approach helps when the focus is on everyday thoughts and habits because the work starts from the client's priorities.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts, behaviors, and routines that keep problems going. CBT offers clear, practical steps such as changing unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new habits between meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy provides emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills that are useful for high-intensity feelings and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Stephanie will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs and preferences. Goals, comfort with particular techniques, and day-to-day life all inform the plan.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can also assign exercises to practice between meetings, making it simpler to apply new habits in everyday life.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and family-related issues. Other areas include parenting strain, relationship problems, career concerns, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is nurturing and interactive. She uses client-centered work and practical skill-building to help people manage thoughts and habits.
What experience does she bring to therapy sessions?
She has five years of experience in community and medical settings, working with people facing trauma, crisis, and early childhood and family dynamics.
What are her official credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Florida.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are accepted. Confirm specifics during the booking process if you are outside the therapist's region.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.