Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Stephanie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Stephanie
Stephanie Lanza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and trauma. Stephanie also helps those dealing with parenting challenges, adoption and foster care concerns, and life changes that feel overwhelming.
She uses a client-centered way of working that starts with listening and building on each person's strengths. Stephanie mixes practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy with brief, goal-focused strategies.
Background and approach
When past harm or overwhelming events are involved, she brings elements of trauma-focused care to the conversation. Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable steps. Stephanie helps people identify patterns, test small changes, and track progress.
She offers straightforward ways to reduce intense emotions, improve relationships, and manage everyday demands at work and home. Her experience includes work with parents and caregivers connected to adoption and foster systems. That background informs her approach to attachment, family stress, and complicated transitions.
Stephanie practices in California as an LMFT. She provides a calm, direct style that many people find practical when they need coping skills and clearer direction. Her approach is collaborative and tailored to each person's goals.
What Stephanie works with
Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Stephanie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Post-traumatic stress
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Stephanie draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and building on a person’s strengths to set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change them.She also uses solution-focused techniques to create short-term, achievable steps toward specific changes. These methods can help with anger, anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and adjusting after trauma by focusing on what is working and building from there.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stephanie will discuss goals, past experiences, and preferences with each person and recommend which methods to try first. Together they monitor progress and adjust the plan if needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter exchanges and on-the-go support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity when life gets disrupted.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does Stephanie focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, relationship and family challenges, ADHD, bipolar issues, and related concerns including adoption and post-traumatic stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and strengths based, with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches and trauma-informed elements when needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Stephanie has eight years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and caregivers on a variety of mental health and parenting issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with Stephanie?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.