Stephanie Southard, LCSW
Compassionate practical therapy for everyday struggles
Details
| Name | Stephanie Southard |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | New York |
| Licensed in | New York |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 26 |
About Stephanie
Stephanie Southard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental setting where people can talk about what matters most to them. Sessions focus on the person's goals and practical steps they can use between meetings.
Stephanie favors a collaborative style. She uses Narrative ideas to help people separate themselves from painful stories and see options. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to link thinking and behavior, and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clarify values and action.
Background and approach
These tools are used to address anxiety, depression, addiction, stress, and related concerns. Her experience includes work with trauma, grief, family of origin issues, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with parenting challenges, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and chronic health problems.
Communication problems, codependency, and relationship worries are frequent topics in her work. Practical techniques such as role play, exercises, and skill practice are part of sessions when helpful. Stephanie explains concepts plainly and helps people try manageable changes.
Patients often leave with concrete steps to try between visits. She practices from New York and offers sessions in English. Online options include video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging, which allow sessions to fit different schedules and needs.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Self esteem among the things Stephanie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Stephanie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Stephanie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Stephanie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and practical therapies work online
Stephanie often draws on Narrative Therapy to help people tell a different story about their lives. Narrative work shows how problems can be separate from the person and opens up new ways to act. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and it gives clear strategies to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match the person’s goals and preferences. Together they set small, achievable steps and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging to make care easier to fit into life. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed, and chat or text can be used for brief check-ins, reminders, or ongoing support. These options let clients keep therapy going from wherever their schedule allows, and they make it easier to try new skills between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and sleep or parenting struggles. Other focuses include trauma, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and relationship or family of origin issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is collaborative and person-centered. She uses Narrative ideas along with CBT and ACT techniques to help people reframe stories and try new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience as a social worker and therapist. That background includes work with trauma, addiction, and community resources.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a New York licensed clinical social worker, credentialed as LCSW, and practices from New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she can work with international clients as well.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
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