About Stephanie
Stephanie Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She speaks plainly and listens closely so clients feel heard. Her style aims to be practical and respectful of each person’s experience.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her, treating clients as the expert on their lives. That means goals are set together and steps are chosen to fit day-to-day realities.
Background and approach
She offers coaching-style support alongside therapy to help people make changes they can keep. In sessions she blends straightforward talk with techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. She also uses brief, focused methods to set small goals and track progress.
When trauma or loss are central, she brings attention to those experiences while keeping the work paced to each person’s comfort. Stephanie has ten years of experience and maintains licensure as an LCSW. She has supported people coping with sexual assault, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress, cancer-related distress, and women’s health concerns.
Her background includes grief support and trauma-focused work. People who prefer a collaborative, non-judgmental approach often find her practical and steady. Sessions are aimed at making daily life more manageable and helping people clarify next steps.
She focuses on what will help now and what can be sustained over time.
How Stephanie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s priorities first and focuses on building a trusting, non-judgmental relationship. Online sessions use that same stance by asking what matters most and shaping goals around real-life needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and pace. She will combine conversational support, cognitive strategies, and solution-focused steps so the plan matches the client’s needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, live chat provides a written back-and-forth during busy days, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and medical schedules while keeping the focus on practical, forward-moving steps.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Depression
- Coaching
Also works with
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Illinois
- Languages
- English