Stephanie Arzavala-Reed
Practical CBT-informed care with collaborative planning
LCPC, LCMHC Illinois
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Stephanie
Stephanie Arzavala-Reed brings a practical, evidence-informed approach centered on cognitive behavioral therapy while integrating person-centered and solution-focused techniques to meet each client's needs.
Background and approach
With 10 years of professional practice as an LCPC and LCMHC, she draws on a decade of work helping people build coping skills, improve communication, and manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma. Stephanie aims to create an accepting atmosphere where clients can explore their concerns and set meaningful goals.
Her work addresses a broad range of life challenges including relationship and family difficulties, grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting and intimacy-related issues, career concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people navigating bipolar symptoms, anger, attachment and abandonment issues, hoarding, and a variety of trauma-related presentations.
Stephanie emphasizes collaboration, inviting clients to co-create treatment plans that reflect individual priorities and practical strategies for change. Based in Illinois, she offers therapy in English and provides multiple online session formats to suit differing schedules and preferences.
Her practice uses a subscription model for sessions, and availability varies by location and therapist scheduling.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Stephanie uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors through structured techniques and homework that can be easily practiced between sessions.She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support values-based living and mindfulness strategies that help clients accept difficult emotions while moving toward meaningful goals. ACT can be useful for people facing grief, trauma reactions, or life transitions who want to increase psychological flexibility.
Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Stephanie works with each person to determine which combination of CBT, ACT, client-centered, or solution-focused strategies best fits their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as work progresses.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to continue consistent work on coping skills, communication, and treatment goals without commuting, and they allow sessions to be scheduled in ways that better fit busy lives.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Illinois, Missouri, Arizona, New Hampshire, Washington, Nevada, Oregon
Languages
English