About Stephanie
Stephanie Cook is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of practice in Missouri. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, and changes in life. She aims to make the first step feel easier for those beginning therapy.
Stephanie creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about hard things. Sessions are meant to let people name their feelings and notice how their body responds.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns and helps clients notice small changes they can try between meetings. Her work draws on somatic ideas to connect body sensations with thoughts and emotions. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered methods to support values-based choices.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices are mixed in when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. Stephanie has helped people manage grief, parenting strain, career stress, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to ADHD and bipolar mood shifts. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and difficult relationship patterns.
The aim is practical change that fits real life. Therapy can include conversations, body-focused awareness, and simple at-home exercises. Stephanie works with each person to set goals and track progress in clear, manageable steps.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Somatic-informed work in online sessions invites attention to physical sensations as they arise in the moment. The therapist may guide breath awareness, gentle movement, or noticing tensions to help link body signals with emotions and thoughts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values while making room for uncomfortable feelings. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and following the client's lead, offering empathy and support so people feel heard and respected.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods together, and adjust what they do based on what feels most useful. That way the plan evolves to match each person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit everyday life. These options give flexibility for busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow continuity when circumstances change. Many people find that mixing formats helps them access support in ways that work for their routines and comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English