Therapist profile
Stephanie Holder, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting focus
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- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness techniques
About Stephanie
Stephanie Holder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and attention difficulties such as ADHD.
Stephanie uses clear, practical approaches in sessions. She draws on client-centered methods to listen and reflect what matters most to each person. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Mindfulness and solution-focused techniques are used to build small, doable changes.
Sessions typically focus on concrete problems at home and in daily life. That might mean talking through parenting stress, sorting relationship patterns, coping with loss, or managing burnout and compassion fatigue. Stephanie also supports people navigating adoption and foster care issues, attachment questions, blended family challenges, and caregiving pressures.
Her work includes helping with substance use concerns, intimacy-related issues, midlife transitions, and career or life-purpose questions. She has experience with first responder stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters. Stephanie aims to keep sessions practical and oriented toward what a person can try between meetings.
People can expect straightforward conversation, collaborative planning, and tools to practice outside of sessions. Stephanie asks questions, offers feedback, and helps people set small goals. She helps adults who are balancing parenting, work, and complicated family relationships to find clearer steps forward.
How sessions work
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most. In practice this means the therapist asks about your daily routines, family roles, and the problems you want to change, then helps you prioritize what to work on next.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as linked. In sessions you would identify unhelpful thoughts, try simple experiments, and practice alternative responses to reduce anxiety, low mood, or anger. Mindfulness therapy teaches short attention and breathing practices to help with stress and emotional regulation between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That planning can change over time as different problems come up or small steps are tried.
The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions are simpler to attend. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like CBT worksheets and mindfulness exercises to remote sessions so people can practice skills at home or between appointments.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
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What concerns does she address related to family life?
She helps adults manage parenting stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and general family conflict. These are listed specialties in her practice.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style blends client-centered conversation with practical tools from CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused work. Sessions aim to be interactive and problem-focused.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience as a practicing clinician in mental health settings. That background includes work with trauma, grief, and attention challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California. Her practice information lists California as her location.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to know whether video, phone, or other formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is not listed and may depend on the chosen plan.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session. That process begins the match and booking steps.
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