About Stephanie
Stephanie Bigham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches. She guides people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, depression, and life transitions. Her style is collaborative and practical, with clear goals and doable steps between sessions.
Stephanie uses everyday language and concrete tools in sessions. She asks questions, listens closely, and helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Homework and simple exercises are often part of the plan so progress continues between meetings.
Background and approach
She trained in Florida, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of Florida and a Master of Social Work from Florida International University. She also holds a Supreme Court certification as a family mediator. Her work history includes a mental health clinic for people with developmental delays, hospital and NICU settings, a respite program, independent practice, and classroom experience.
Stephanie has lived in North Carolina for more than 15 years and brings both clinical and real-life perspectives. She has been a stay-at-home parent and a substitute teacher for elementary grades, which shapes how she thinks about family and parenting concerns. That variety informs her flexible approach to problem solving.
Across two decades of practice she emphasizes acceptance, mindfulness, and cognitive strategies to build resilience. Sessions focus on noticing thoughts and feelings, learning new responses, and practicing small changes. She encourages persistence and creative problem solving when plans need adjusting.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses on taking small, meaningful steps even when emotions are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and manage anxiety, depression, or sleep problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and life demands and then try techniques that fit those needs. Adjustments are expected over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when someone needs more frequent brief support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school routines and help keep progress moving even when life is busy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English