Stephanie Birnbaum, LPCC

Stephanie Birnbaum is an Ohio-licensed LPCC with 36 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction concerns, and big life changes. Her approach is direct and practical, focused on clear steps people can use right away.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside solution-focused and existential ideas. When a client requests it, she can thoughtfully include Biblical perspectives in sessions. Sessions emphasize finding patterns, learning skills for emotional regulation, and setting better boundaries.

Stephanie favors a structured style with compassionate challenge. She helps people move from feeling stuck to acting with more intention. That can look like short-term problem solving or working on longer-term changes, depending on the person’s needs.

Her background includes decades of work with issues such as grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses aging and geriatric concerns, attachment and family of origin issues, first responder stress, and body image or eating-related struggles.

Sessions are practical and goal-focused. Clients learn tools they can use between meetings to manage symptoms and make daily life feel more manageable. To begin, people use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How core approaches guide online work

Stephanie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then practice clearer thinking and new habits to reduce symptoms. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for strong reactions or relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and pace. That might mean a short, focused series of sessions for a specific problem or ongoing work on deeper life patterns.

The therapist’s profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during a lunch break or between commitments. It can also support consistent practice of skills between meetings, which helps translate therapy work into everyday routines.