Stephanie Hartman

Stephanie Hartman is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 10 years of clinical experience. She focuses on life purpose concerns such as career crossroads, coping with life changes, and direction after major transitions. She also works with anxiety, stress, addiction, trauma, relationship and parenting struggles. In sessions she uses practical, evidence-based methods. Stephanie draws on client-centered work to listen and reflect what matters most to each person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions. Her work often involves talking through family patterns and attachment issues. She helps people notice how early relationships affect current choices and behaviors. Practical skills for communication, boundaries, and daily coping are common targets in therapy. Many clients come with life-change decisions - job shifts, separation, or changes in parenting roles. Stephanie offers a mix of short-term coaching-style conversations and longer-term therapy depending on the issue. Motivational Interviewing can be part of the plan when people want support making difficult changes. She approaches topics like addiction, body image, and fertility concerns by focusing on immediate steps a person can try. Sessions are plainspoken and aimed at helping someone experiment with new ways of handling problems. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Client-centered therapy emphasizes active listening and reflection. Online sessions using this approach focus on helping the client name what matters and set personal goals through conversational work and feedback. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT often uses homework, thought records, and short skill practices between sessions to change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. In an online setting these skills can be taught, practiced during sessions, and reinforced with brief assignments. Finding the right approach is often a process. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and can adjust the plan as those needs change. Confirm current session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or let someone choose not to use video when that is preferable.