About Stephanie
Stephanie Borgono is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with 19 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. She focuses on practical strategies that people can use between sessions. Her style is direct and compassionate with an emphasis on clear steps and steady support.
In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding. She also teaches mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity and to increase calm in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Solution-focused techniques are used to set concrete goals and build on strengths already present in the person’s life. Her background includes long-term practice with mood and anxiety concerns and with people facing major transitions. Stephanie uses simple exercises, role-play for clearer communication, and short homework tasks to make progress feel tangible.
She explains ideas plainly and checks in about what is and is not working. People who prefer short, focused sessions or a step-by-step plan often find her approach useful. She balances teaching tools with listening to each person’s story.
Over time she aims to help people gain skills to manage stress and feel more in control of daily life. Stephanie holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and works with clients in New Jersey. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a mix of live and text-based formats to fit different schedules.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Stephanie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different actions to change feelings and behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and problems with focus or impulse control.She also teaches Mindfulness Therapy, which involves small practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. These techniques help with stress, overthinking, and managing strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay focused and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work with verbal and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a brief check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or busy family days while keeping therapy consistent and goal oriented.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English