Stephanie Sligo-Baker , LICSW

Stephanie Sligo-Baker is a Minnesota-based licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) with 37 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns. Her work is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and steady support for each person's situation.

Stephanie adapts conversations and care to fit what a person needs right now. Sessions aim to be clear and practical. She helps people find tools for day-to-day coping and ways to handle painful feelings when they come up.

Her background includes long experience with workplace trauma for first responders and health professionals. She also supports people facing issues like addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, body image, and caregiving burden. Stephanie often helps people navigate life changes, intimacy concerns, and eating or sleeping difficulties.

In sessions she leans on methods that focus on relationships, personal meaning, and skills-based practice. That can mean looking at attachment patterns, using cognitive strategies to shift unhelpful thoughts, or practicing emotion regulation skills when needed. She explains techniques in everyday language and practices them together with each person.

People who connect well with Stephanie tend to want practical tools plus a thoughtful listener. She works with LGBT clients and addresses a wide range of concerns tied to identity, career, and long-term stress. Stephanie encourages small steps and clearer choices as therapy moves forward.

How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and expectations. It can help people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and build more reliable ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person’s goals and pace; the therapist follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to help clarify values and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small experiments to change them, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie will talk with each person about goals, life circumstances, and preferred ways of working. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needs change, keeping the process collaborative and practical.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins by live chat or text help with quick support or skill practice between sessions. These options aim to make scheduling easier and reduce travel time while keeping therapy focused on real problems and useful strategies.