Stephanie Carvajal

Stephanie Carvajal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing grief, trauma, stress, anxiety, and major life changes. She works with individuals coping with family concerns, parenting strain, career pressures, and compassion fatigue. Stephanie speaks English and Spanish and practices from Florida. Stephanie brings five years of clinical experience across community and medical settings. She has supported people dealing with depression, PTSD, abuse, and complicated family dynamics. That background includes work around early childhood development and caregiver stress. Her clinical perspective is warm and interactive. She mixes client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. Motivational interviewing is used when people want practical support to reach specific goals. Stephanie has pursued specialized learning related to parenting and infant mental health, including a Nurturing Parenting Program Certification and an Infant Mental Health Endorsement. She also has experience providing crisis intervention and responding to trauma. Outside of clinical work she enjoys running and participating in mission trips, and she draws on those life experiences when supporting people through hard times. To begin, Stephanie asks people to describe their goals and works with them to create a plan that fits their situation. She aims to empower people to take next steps toward a better tomorrow.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. The therapist focuses on understanding each person's goals and building a collaborative plan that matches their needs and pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses straightforward exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and develop new coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can be useful for people struggling with strong mood swings, relationship conflicts, or self-directed anger.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process can be adjusted over time if something isn’t working.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use methods like CBT worksheets and mindfulness exercises between meetings to reinforce progress.