- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About Stephanie
Stephanie Maxwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and LGBTQ+ related issues. Her practice also addresses abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, fertility issues, and other related challenges.
She blends practical, evidence-based methods so clients learn tools they can use between sessions. Sessions often include cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thought patterns and acceptance and commitment strategies to clarify values and take meaningful action. Attachment-focused work and emotionally-focused strategies are used to look at relationship dynamics and emotional patterns.
Stephanie uses mindfulness and body-aware practices alongside talking therapies when they help a person feel more grounded. She frames therapy as collaborative: clients describe where they are, set goals, and try out new ways of responding. Progress is measured by what a person notices changing in daily life rather than labels alone.
Her experience includes supporting people through relationship endings, family of origin problems, and the emotional effects of disability or chronic illness. She is comfortable talking about sexuality, including kink and alternative sexual cultures, and the ways identity and trauma can intersect.
Sessions are provided in English and follow the LPC practice standards in Pennsylvania. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling details through the service's booking flow.
How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online work
Stephanie commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centered listening. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small committed steps even when difficult feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, stress, and questions about life direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connection styles affect current trust and communication, which is useful for relationship worries and attachment issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options with each person and together they will decide which methods to try based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds in early sessions. That collaboration helps shape whether sessions lean more toward skills practice, emotional processing, or relationship-focused work.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, as they are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They also make it possible to continue work during life transitions. Licensed professionals adapt tools like ACT and attachment-focused exercises so they can be used effectively in remote meetings, including practices you can do between sessions to test new ways of relating and responding.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and LGBTQ+ related issues, plus a range of related areas like attachment and body image.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
Her approach combines cognitive-behavioral skills and acceptance and commitment strategies to clarify values and try practical experiments between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of clinical experience supporting adults through relationship problems, trauma, chronic illness, and identity-related challenges.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session formats before booking by checking the therapy options in the booking flow.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.