Stephanie Sammarco, LPC, LPMHC

Stephanie Sammarco is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) practicing in New Jersey. She brings 15 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, grief, and trauma and abuse. Stephanie aims to make first contact simple and straightforward for people who are worried about starting therapy.

She focuses on building trust early in the work. That trust becomes the base for talking about hard topics like depression, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or compassion fatigue. Sessions are meant to feel nonjudgmental and practical, so people can try ideas between meetings and notice small changes.

Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness skills, plus solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas when useful. That mix is chosen to match each person's situation rather than following one fixed method. She also uses motivational interviewing to help with readiness and change.

Stephanie has worked with a wide range of concerns that include attachment and communication problems, blended family stress, codependency, infidelity, and challenges tied to life transitions. She lists experience supporting people facing first responder stress, parenting strain, and issues around identity, including LGBT concerns.

If someone wants to begin, they use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling is then arranged according to therapist availability and the site's process.

How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person seeking help. It helps clients feel heard and decide the direction of their work. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and offers practical skills to test and change them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and calm the mind, often helping with rumination and emotion regulation.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the client’s needs and adjust as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the session options before booking. In general online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or avoid needing to be on camera for every session. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and client-centered conversations to remote sessions so the work stays focused on practical goals.