About Stephanie
Stephanie Kinsey is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Washington. She helps people who are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, career strain, compassion fatigue, addictions, and ADHD. Her style is warm and straightforward and aimed at practical change.
Stephanie draws on five years of clinical experience across healthcare and school settings. That background gives her a clear sense of how daily demands can wear people down.
Background and approach
She listens first, then works with each person to set realistic goals that fit their life. Sessions focus on tools that can be used right away. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are used to build present-moment awareness and lower reactivity. She also uses motivational interviewing to support people who want to make changes but feel stuck or unsure where to start. Together clients and Stephanie break big goals into small, manageable steps and track progress between sessions.
Stephanie aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people feel heard and capable of moving forward. The first meeting is a chance to talk about what brought someone in and to agree on practical next steps. She supports people who want clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and more dependable daily routines.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Stephanie integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy into her online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help lower reactivity and increase moment-to-moment awareness.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. That method is collaborative and strengths-based, useful when someone wants to change but feels uncertain or stuck. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort; the therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adjust methods as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit busy lives. Video is helpful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text work well for brief check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility to schedule sessions around work, family, and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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