About Stephanie
Stephanie Carvajal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and family-related concerns. She speaks English and Spanish and brings five years of hands-on experience in community and medical settings. Stephanie aims to make therapy practical and approachable for people feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about the next step.
She uses straightforward conversation and active listening to understand what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative - goals are agreed on together and adjusted as life changes. Stephanie draws on methods that teach coping skills, improve communication, and reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life. Her background includes work with early childhood and family dynamics, and she has experience providing crisis support and trauma-focused care.
That experience informs how she helps people navigate intense moments and longer-term recovery. She also supports parents facing the pressures of caregiving and blended family challenges. Stephanie combines client-centered care with cognitive-behavioral and dialectical strategies to help people identify patterns and try new responses.
Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques are used to build motivation and manage stress in day-to-day life. The focus is on steps that fit each person’s routine and values. Outside of work she enjoys running and mission trips, and she draws on those life experiences to stay energized in her practice.
If someone is ready to take a step forward, she guides them through setting realistic goals and practical next steps.
Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility
Stephanie blends client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in ways that emphasize practical skills and personal strengths. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and helping clients set goals that matter to them. CBT looks at unhelpful thoughts and teaches steps to change patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. DBT offers tools for managing strong emotions and improving coping during crisis moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Stephanie will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, homework check-ins, or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules without losing momentum.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish