Stephanie Collins
Compassionate, goal-focused support for healing
LCSW Wisconsin
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Coaching
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Stephanie
Stephanie Collins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem concerns, relationship challenges, and recovery from trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She brings ten years of clinical experience and frames therapy around the client’s expertise about their own life, working collaboratively to set realistic goals and practical steps forward. Her practice also includes attention to issues such as cancer-related distress, domestic violence, isolation and loneliness, post-traumatic stress, sexual assault and abuse, and women's issues.
Her style emphasizes a nonjudgmental, curious stance that aims to create a comfortable space for honest work. Stephanie uses client-centered principles alongside evidence-informed methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused therapy to tailor support to each person’s needs.
She describes her role as offering guidance and resources while clients remain central to decision making. Individuals seeking a therapist who values partnership and clear goal setting may find her approach well suited to practical change and emotional healing.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Stephanie often integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and trauma-focused methods into online work. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and practicing alternative skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and to improve daily functioning. Trauma-focused therapy centers on processing traumatic experiences in ways that reduce their hold on daily life and teach strategies for managing triggers and distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailor methods accordingly so that sessions feel useful and relevant. This collaborative planning helps ensure that goals are realistic and that treatment strategies match what the client hopes to achieve.
Online sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people juggling work, medical appointments, or caregiving responsibilities. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access support from home or while traveling, with options that accommodate different comfort levels and scheduling constraints.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin, Illinois
Languages
English