Stephanie Feliciano, LCSW

Stephanie Feliciano is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate big life shifts and daily stresses. She focuses on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and addiction. Stephanie aims to create a welcoming space where clients can talk things through without judgment.

Her approach blends straightforward conversation with a mix of clinical and reflective methods. Sessions often center on listening carefully, identifying practical steps, and building clearer choices. Clients can expect a calm, down-to-earth tone and help breaking problems into manageable pieces.

Stephanie uses several therapeutic styles to match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered work to prioritize the person’s goals, cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thought patterns, and emotionally-focused techniques to improve emotional connection and responses. She also incorporates existential and Jungian ideas when exploring meaning, values, and identity.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns over her career, including grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar disorder, intimacy-related issues, parenting strains, caregiver stress, body image, and sexual diversity topics like BDSM and kink. Her practice includes both common life struggles and less commonly discussed areas of identity and attachment.

Based in Illinois, Stephanie offers services in English and Spanish. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session according to therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches fit into online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following the client’s priorities, helping people set their own goals and move at their own pace. It can be useful for stress, self-esteem, and decisions about life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes short exercises and practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and shift emotional responses, often improving close connections and how someone handles strong feelings.

Finding the best fit is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to select and adapt approaches based on their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can include trying different techniques and adjusting the focus as progress is made.

Confirm the specific session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. It can also let someone choose a quieter time, use less bandwidth with audio-only interactions, or schedule sessions that work around work and family commitments.