About Stephanie
Stephanie Goossens Alayon connects with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or major life changes. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Florida and speaks English and Spanish. Her style is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day struggles and rebuild confidence.
She focuses on concerns such as relationship strain, family tensions, low self-esteem, and the pain of abandonment or attachment wounds.
Background and approach
Stephanie also supports people coping with loneliness, somatic symptoms, questions about life purpose, and issues tied to military or veteran experiences. She listens for what matters most and helps set small, doable goals. Sessions blend skill-building with attention to emotions and body sensations.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotional regulation. Stephanie pairs these with attachment-informed work and mindfulness practices to strengthen relationships and self-awareness. Her background includes five years working with adults after earlier work with adolescents and young adults.
That range informs a flexible approach that meets people where they are. Stephanie uses plain language, concrete tools, and practice between sessions to help clients make steady progress. People who prefer a collaborative, skills-focused therapist often find her approach helpful.
She encourages curiosity about patterns, tries techniques in session, and adjusts plans based on what actually helps. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and better daily functioning.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Attachment-informed work pays attention to how early relationships shape present feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build more stable connections with others and themselves. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers clear tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication and distress tolerance.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try techniques, note what helps, and adjust the plan so work in sessions transfers to real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or require less bandwidth. Chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins, written practice, and follow-up between sessions. These options let people work on stress, relationships, and emotion skills without rearranging their whole day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish