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Stephanie Zitani

Compassionate guidance, practical strategies

LPC New Jersey

Experience
8 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Stephanie

Stephanie Zitani is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with eight years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship challenges, trauma, and self-esteem concerns.

Background and approach

She centers her work on the client’s strengths, approaching each person as the expert of their own story while offering guidance to build motivation, confidence, and more effective coping skills. Her practice addresses a wide range of difficulties including grief, anger, mood disorders, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and process or substance-related addictions.

Stephanie blends evidence-informed methods to help clients address attachment and communication patterns, codependency, impulsivity, isolation, and questions about life purpose. She emphasizes practical steps and collaborative goal-setting to support meaningful change.

People who choose her benefit from a respectful, supportive posture that balances empathy with skill-building. Whether someone seeks relief from acute symptoms or wants to develop long-term resilience, she partners with clients to identify priorities and tailor interventions that fit their needs and values.

Practical Approaches for Online Change

This practice integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to address thoughts, behaviors, and personal strengths. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing concrete strategies to change behaviors and manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic coping. Client-centered work emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, helping clients explore values, build self-awareness, and draw on their own strengths to move forward.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and will be shaped together. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, set goals, and select techniques that fit their preferences and life circumstances, adjusting methods as progress unfolds.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexible ways to engage in that collaborative work. These formats make it easier to attend regular sessions around busy schedules and to use a mix of real-time conversation and shorter written check-ins when helpful. Such options support continuity of care and allow clients to practice skills between sessions using the medium that feels most accessible to them.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, grief, anger, depression, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-focused, using client-centered listening alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help clients build skills and insight.
How long has she been practicing?
She has eight years of professional experience providing counseling and related supports to clients with a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in New Jersey under NJ LPC 37PC01135000.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers multiple online session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to her availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDrug and alcohol addictionForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Social anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational Interviewing

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

New Jersey

Languages

English