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Stephanie Howard

Healing focused on strengths and practical growth

LPCC Kentucky

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Stephanie

Stephanie Howard is a Kentucky-based licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) who focuses on helping clients build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and find more balance in daily life.

Background and approach

With seven years of clinical experience, she emphasizes a strengths-based, client-centered style that encourages people to notice their existing resources while taking practical steps toward change. Stephanie draws on a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief, relationship challenges, and issues related to identity and self-worth.

She has worked with a wide age range and brings experience supporting families, parents, teens, and adults through transitions like divorce, parenting struggles, and recovery from trauma. Stephanie often guides clients in developing concrete strategies for managing panic, regulating anger, and improving communication within families.

Her background in child and family studies and a master’s in clinical counseling inform a collaborative, compassionate approach that aims to help clients imagine a clearer future and take achievable steps toward it.

Approaches and Online Support for Practical Change

Stephanie commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, panic attacks, and mood symptoms. These methods often focus on testing assumptions, building new behaviors, and tracking progress to reduce distress.

She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches that prioritize the client’s perspective and present experience. A client-centered stance emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration, while mindfulness practices teach grounding and attention skills that can ease stress, improve self-awareness, and support emotion regulation.

Deciding which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they explore what feels most helpful and adjust strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing clients to access care from home or other convenient settings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the format that supports one’s comfort and communication style.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Stephanie works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, self-esteem, grief, addictions, bipolar symptoms, and parenting concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered, strengths-based stance and integrates cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to create practical, goal-focused work.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience providing counseling and has continued clinical education since earning her degrees.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LPCC with license number KY LPCC 260971 and practices in Kentucky.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working together?
To start, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBody imageDivorce and separationPanic disorder and panic attacksSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

Kentucky

Languages

English