Stephanie Jose , LCMHC, LMHC

Stephanie Jose brings two decades of experience supporting people through life transitions and crises in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She focuses on mood disorders, self-injury, experiences of abuse, and the work of building healthier relationships, helping clients move toward greater insight and emotional balance.

Trained as a mental health counselor and a creative arts therapist, she draws on a range of techniques to meet each person where they are. Her professional credentials include LCMHC and LMHC - LCMHC refers to Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and LMHC refers to Licensed Mental Health Counselor - reflecting formal training and licensure to provide therapeutic care.

Stephanie approaches treatment with an individualized mindset, recognizing that no single method fits everyone. She tailors interventions to each client’s history and goals, offering both challenge and encouragement to support progress. Her practice emphasizes collaboration, personal growth, and practical strategies to address stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and family concerns, substance-related issues, eating and body image difficulties, attention challenges, and other life changes.

Approaches and Online Care for Lasting Change

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites individuals to clarify what matters to them and to practice accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions aligned with personal values. It is often used for stress, anxiety, depression, and navigating life transitions where fostering flexible coping matters. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns that develop in close relationships and works to strengthen emotional bonds, making it useful for abandonment concerns, relationship struggles, and attachment issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete tools that many find helpful for mood disorders, anxiety, and coping with cravings or compulsive behaviors.

Determining the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Stephanie collaborates with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and she adapts methods over time so the work stays relevant and effective. Clients are partners in planning what will best support change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility while maintaining a structured therapeutic relationship. Sessions can occur via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or to continue work across locations. These options support consistent access to licensed professionals and allow the therapeutic work to continue in whichever format best suits the client.