Stephanie Hartman , LMHC

Stephanie Hartman, LMHC, supports people facing a wide range of concerns from anxiety and addiction to parenting stress and career transitions. She focuses on helping clients build self-esteem, improve communication, and find practical ways to handle life changes. Stephanie brings ten years of clinical experience in New York to each conversation.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about painful or confusing events. Sessions aim to identify workable steps clients can try between meetings. Stephanie uses plain language and concrete tools so progress feels understandable and realistic.

Her work includes helping people recover from trauma and domestic violence, manage stress and social anxiety, and navigate relationship conflicts. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, attachment concerns, and body image struggles. Stephanie pays attention to how family history and blended family situations affect current patterns.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with practical methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix helps clients shift unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and build emotional regulation skills.

Stephanie also offers coaching-style support for career questions, fertility-related stress, and parenting strain. She emphasizes collaboration and clear goals so people leave a session with concrete next steps. Her practice aims to help people feel stronger and more in control of their choices.

How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy begins by focusing on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them set goals and next steps that feel realistic and achievable.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication that many people find useful during life changes or after trauma.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations when travel or child care are difficult. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, on-the-go options for coaching, check-ins, or practicing skills between appointments.