Therapist profile
Stephanie Diaz, LMHC
New York
New York LMHC - Relationships and Anger
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- CredentialsLMHC
- LicenseLMHC, New York / 012834
- NPI1336876143
- Experience15 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationNew York
About
- Client-centered approach
- Cognitive behavioral work
- Mindfulness methods
About Stephanie
Stephanie Diaz is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience. She focuses on concerns such as relationships, parenting, stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, and anger. She also addresses mood conditions like depression and bipolar disorder, plus career, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Stephanie emphasizes that clients bring their own knowledge and strengths to therapy. She helps people set clear, achievable goals and looks at how thoughts shape feelings and actions. Sessions are practical and direct, not full of jargon.
Her approach mixes client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. Stephanie uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify their goals and follow through. She sometimes uses gentle confrontation and light humor to point out patterns in thinking and behavior.
In sessions she will guide clients to notice triggers, test unhelpful thoughts, and try small behavioral experiments. That might look like tracking reactions, practicing a short mindfulness exercise, or role-playing a difficult conversation. The focus is on skills that can be used between sessions.
She also brings attention to cultural background and how identity and relationships interact. Stephanie aims to help people understand emotional reactions and reduce the ways anger and frustration bleed into relationships and work.
If someone wants to begin, the next step is to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the therapist's online options.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches work online
Stephanie uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's perspective. That means sessions begin by listening to the client’s priorities and building goals from what matters to them. It helps with relationship issues, parenting strains, and life transitions.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT involves noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, testing them, and trying small behavior changes to reduce reactive anger and anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stephanie will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match goals and preferences, and she will adjust tactics as needed rather than assuming one path fits everyone.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, or remove the need to travel for an appointment. Licensed professionals can use these practical benefits to help clients apply skills in everyday life rather than promising a particular outcome.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship strains, parenting stress, anger, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, bipolar issues, ADHD, career stress, and related concerns.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people notice triggers, test unhelpful thoughts, and practice different responses to anger.
How much experience does she have?
Stephanie has 15 years of professional experience as a mental health counselor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) licensed in New York and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Confirm current session options before booking by using the online matching steps, as the profile does not list specific formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her practice?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.