Stephanie Sarafinas

Stephanie Sarafinas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She has 25 years of clinical experience helping people deal with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and major life changes. She often supports those facing career shifts, parenting strains, sleep problems, and challenges tied to caregiving or chronic illness.

Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, concrete steps. She uses tools people can try between meetings and checks progress together as therapy moves forward.

Stephanie draws on several evidence-informed approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused methods. She explains skills plainly and practices them in the session so clients can use them in daily life.

Many clients come for help with relationship strain, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, grief, ADHD concerns, or feelings of isolation. She also addresses compassion fatigue and issues that arise for caregivers and people living with chronic pain or disability.

Stephanie emphasizes a steady, step-by-step process. She aims to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and reconnect with meaningful goals. The work moves at the client’s pace, with attention to what feels doable in everyday life.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Stephanie often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change feelings and outcomes. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce stress and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. That choice can change over time as needs and priorities shift.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people practice skills in the settings where they live and work, then bring what they notice back into the next session for discussion.