Stephanie Trahant , LPC

Stephanie Trahant is a licensed professional counselor with 12 years of experience who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, anxiety, stress, depression, and life changes. She emphasizes clear, practical work and gives take-home exercises when they will help. Stephanie is comfortable guiding conversations about parenting, family concerns, and self-esteem while also addressing career and purpose questions.

She values walking alongside people who are grieving and finding language for hard feelings. Stephanie often uses written exercises and online chat to help clients clarify thoughts. She brings warmth, humor, and direct feedback to sessions so progress feels tangible.

Her background includes a master’s degree from Colorado Christian University and long-term work in counseling alongside raising her two daughters. That mix of clinical experience and life experience shapes how she supports clients. She describes her style as part therapist, part life coach, and part spiritual companion when faith is important to the client.

Stephanie uses a flexible, eclectic approach and draws on specific methods like cognitive behavioral work and EMDR when appropriate. She aims for practical steps people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and handle difficult conversations. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, with attention to each person’s values and goals.

Sessions focus on problem solving, emotional processing, and building skills for everyday life. Stephanie helps people navigate blended family issues, caregiver stress, cancer and hospice concerns, communication problems, and the long-term effects of trauma and loss.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Stephanie commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT focuses on clear steps and small experiments to change patterns that cause distress.

She also draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which is a method that helps people process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge. EMDR is often used when past events continue to cause intense reactions in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process can include combining techniques to match changing needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can help people who prefer written communication or need brief check-ins between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let clients choose the format that best fits their day-to-day life.