Stephanie Clausen-Swenson, LMFT, LPCC

Stephanie Clausen-Swenson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed professional clinical counselor in Minnesota. She brings 15 years of clinical experience and combines practical strategies with a collaborative, down-to-earth style. Stephanie focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, and life transitions.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches. Sessions often include straightforward tools like breathing, guided imagery, role play, and communication practice. Stephanie aims to help clients take small, steady steps toward change and celebrate progress along the way.

Her background includes consulting for childcare providers and clinical work around attachment, adoption and foster care, and infant and early childhood development. She is working toward a Ph.D. focused on infant and toddler attachment and fathers, which informs her work with attachment-related issues.

Stephanie also supports people dealing with chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, trauma and abuse, fertility and parenting transitions, and identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues and body image. She blends practical psychology with reflective conversation to help clients clarify goals and next steps.

In sessions she stays focused on the person in front of her, tailoring pacing and techniques to each situation. Clients can expect a collaborative tone that centers their priorities and uses concrete practice between sessions to build new skills.

How Stephanie’s Approaches Work Online

Stephanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current reactions, useful for parenting concerns and attachment issues. Client-centered therapy centers on the person’s experience and priorities, giving space for reflection and self-directed goals.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Stephanie will talk with clients about their goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made or needs change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full-session conversations and practice work, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suits short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on real skills and steady progress.