Stephanie Jose, LCMHC, LMHC

Stephanie Jose is a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people through major life changes and crises. She holds LCMHC and LMHC credentials and practices from New York. Her work focuses on mood concerns, trauma and abuse, and building healthier ways of relating.

She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. Stephanie listens first and then helps people set small, realistic steps. She mixes talk-based techniques with skills practice so progress is something people can use between visits.

Clients often bring stress, anxiety, grief, or problems with self-esteem and relationships. Stephanie also supports people facing addictions, eating concerns, parenting strain, anger, bipolar symptoms, and the emotional impact of disasters. She pays attention to attachment wounds, abandonment fears, codependency, and dissociation when they come up.

Her approach draws from cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and attachment-based work to repair how people connect. Dialectical and client-centered methods influence her way of coaching and validating feelings.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Stephanie tailors plans to each person instead of using a one-size-fits-all model. She balances challenge and support so people can reach practical goals and handle life’s setbacks with more confidence.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Stephanie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that fuel anxiety or low mood. CBT focuses on practical steps and skills that can reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed action toward those values even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy is another influence, aimed at improving how people relate to others by understanding early connection patterns and building safer ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. Together they decide what to try, and adjustments are made along the way to match progress and needs.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat work well for brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and maintain continuity when schedules or locations change.