Stephanie Howard

Stephanie Howard is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and transitions. She focuses on practical steps so clients can notice small changes and build on them. Her style is warm and strength-based, pointing out what already works while inviting new ways to cope.

She has seven years of counseling experience and holds a Master of Arts in Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling from Liberty University. Stephanie began with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies and has spent years supporting people through grief, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns. Her background includes work with parenting issues, attachment concerns, and trauma and abuse.

In sessions she draws from client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral tools, along with mindfulness and solution-focused ideas. That means she helps people name unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and try short experiments between meetings. She encourages simple, doable steps that fit into everyday life.

Stephanie often helps clients who are navigating divorce, body image struggles, panic attacks, or the emotional toll of caregiving and compassion fatigue. She also supports people working on self-esteem, social anxiety, and finding self-love. Her approach balances empathy with clear, practical strategies.

To begin she asks people to identify what matters most to them and then builds a plan together. This keeps work focused on real goals like calmer reactions, better sleep, clearer boundaries, or healthier relationships.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding what matters to the person, and following their lead to set goals and pace. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and decide next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, anger, or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the client’s needs. That collaborative process means adjustments can be made if something isn’t working.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the delivery method available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, and have shorter check-ins when a full hour is not needed. It also allows for continuity during life changes so therapeutic progress can continue without long gaps.