Stephanie Risinger , LCMFT, LMFT

Stephanie Risinger is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT, LMFT) with 13 years of clinical experience. She works mainly with individuals and supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and issues tied to women's health. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people get through hard days and make steady changes.

Stephanie keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits. Mindfulness practices help clients learn to notice difficult feelings without getting overwhelmed. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values.

Her background includes a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from California Baptist University, earned in 2009. Stephanie also spent five years teaching psychology as an adjunct professor and has spoken at community events and trainings. That mix of clinical work and teaching shapes how she explains skills and homework in clear terms.

In sessions she often breaks problems into manageable parts. She focuses on skills people can use between meetings, such as breathing practices, small behavioral experiments, and tracking thought patterns. She can support parents experiencing postpartum depression and those dealing with fertility and pregnancy-related stress.

Stephanie practices from Kansas and conducts therapy in English. She offers a calm, patient presence and aims to help people regain confidence, reduce overwhelm, and move toward goals that matter to them.

How Stephanie’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. It focuses less on getting rid of uncomfortable emotions and more on living a meaningful life alongside them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions she may use structured exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and set up simple behavior experiments to test new ways of coping. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short practices to calm attention and reduce reactivity to stress and anxiety.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with clients about goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust techniques as needed. That decision is collaborative and may change over time as progress is made.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing accountability between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.