Stephanie Carvajal , LCSW

Stephanie Carvajal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and family challenges. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on five years of clinical experience in Florida to meet people where they are.

She uses a warm, interactive style in sessions. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. Stephanie emphasizes listening first, then working together on goals that matter to each person.

Her background includes work in community and medical settings where she supported people experiencing depression, PTSD, and crisis situations. That experience shaped how she responds to urgent needs and helps people find steady ways to cope after hard events.

Stephanie blends familiar approaches in simple, goal-focused ways. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person's priorities, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and motivational interviewing to build commitment to change.

Clients often bring concerns about parenting, family dynamics, adoption and foster care, body image, and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, career pressure, and the emotional fallout of separation or loss.

Her sessions are practical and compassionate. Stephanie aims to help people build skills, notice progress, and gain more control over day-to-day problems. She encourages small, sustainable changes that fit each person's life.

Approaches and online care that fit your life

Stephanie often uses client-centered therapy, which means she follows the person's priorities and focuses on understanding their experience before suggesting changes. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes the goals for work together.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a practical method that looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior. CBT is useful for problems such as anxiety, depression, and unhelpful thinking patterns because it teaches concrete skills to test and change those patterns.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Stephanie collaborates with each person to decide what methods fit their needs and goals. She will check in and adjust plans as progress unfolds so the work stays useful and relevant.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have fuller conversations and use visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins or quick reflections between sessions. Together, these options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to keep momentum between meetings.