About Stephanie
Stephanie Drouin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who focuses on somatic-informed work alongside talk therapy. She brings ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. Stephanie aims to meet clients where they are and to treat them with respect and compassion.
Her approach starts with listening to each person's story and noticing how stress shows up in the body as well as thoughts.
Background and approach
She blends client-centered conversation with practical strategies people can use between sessions. That may include cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to build calm. Stephanie also uses motivational interviewing methods to support readiness for change.
She works with people facing grief, career transitions, intimacy-related issues, anger, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment concerns, family of origin issues, and challenges after divorce or separation. Over a decade in practice has given her experience with first responder issues, aging and geriatric questions, and complex emotional patterns like guilt, shame, and codependency.
She adapts plans to each person's goals rather than following a fixed script. Stephanie encourages small, manageable steps and tracks progress together. Beginning therapy can feel hard, and she acknowledges that courage.
Clients can expect clear communication about goals, options, and what to try between sessions. The emphasis is on practical tools, steady support, and learning to notice both thoughts and bodily signals.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Somatic-informed work pays attention to physical sensations as well as thoughts. In online sessions Stephanie helps clients notice bodily signals, breathing, and posture to better manage stress and anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving; it can be used to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve problem solving. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the client's priorities and supports their own choices.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Stephanie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide whether somatic practices, CBT techniques, or a client-centered approach - or a mix - fits best for the issue at hand.
Online therapy formats offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for guided exercises and somatic noticing. Phone sessions work well when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, timely check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English