- Solution oriented
- Skill building
- Mindful approach
About Stephanie
Stephanie Knauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns. She is direct and practical in sessions and aims to make therapy feel usable for everyday life.
Stephanie uses straightforward approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and shift problematic thoughts and behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies to build emotion regulation and interpersonal skills.
Her background includes work in inpatient behavioral health and substance use settings. That experience shaped her approach to crisis moments and to navigating co-occurring concerns. Stephanie has worked with teens and adults in psychiatric inpatient programs and in both inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment.
She favors a client-centered stance that keeps each person’s priorities in focus. Sessions often include skill-building, goal-setting, and practical steps that can be used between meetings. Stephanie also integrates mindfulness and attachment-based ideas when they fit the person’s needs.
Stephanie earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Shippensburg University in 2018. She brings seven years of clinical experience and a preference for clear, actionable strategies. People seeking help for issues like grief, trauma, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, or caregiver stress may find her style helpful.
Stephanie uses straightforward approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and shift problematic thoughts and behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies to build emotion regulation and interpersonal skills.
Her background includes work in inpatient behavioral health and substance use settings. That experience shaped her approach to crisis moments and to navigating co-occurring concerns. Stephanie has worked with teens and adults in psychiatric inpatient programs and in both inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment.
She favors a client-centered stance that keeps each person’s priorities in focus. Sessions often include skill-building, goal-setting, and practical steps that can be used between meetings. Stephanie also integrates mindfulness and attachment-based ideas when they fit the person’s needs.
Stephanie earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Shippensburg University in 2018. She brings seven years of clinical experience and a preference for clear, actionable strategies. People seeking help for issues like grief, trauma, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, or caregiver stress may find her style helpful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In plain terms, it helps people understand why they repeat certain relationship habits and how to form healthier connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily struggles because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try techniques that match your needs. Together you decide which strategies feel most useful and adjust them over time so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as current options are not specified here. Online therapy can help fit meetings into a busy life by reducing travel time and letting people meet from different locations. It can also make short check-ins easier when a quick skill review or mood check is needed, and it can support ongoing work with tools like worksheets, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness exercises between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic Therapy
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Stephanie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting and caregiver stress, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and client-centered. Sessions typically focus on skills, goal-setting, and steps you can use between appointments.
What clinical background does she bring?
She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in inpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment, with both teens and adults in those settings.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.