Stephanie Southard, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 26 years in practice
Stephanie Southard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 072535 · expires May 2026
- NPI
- 1952060824 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
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About Stephanie
Stephanie Southard is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles. She practices from New York and brings more than two decades of experience to sessions. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on what each person wants to change.
Stephanie centers work on practical tools and clear goals. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, and skills from dialectical work when those fit the situation. In a session she often uses exercises and role play to practice skills in real time. She pays attention to patterns that come from family of origin issues, abandonment, and attachment challenges.
Parents and people managing blended family dynamics or caregiver stress can address concrete problems and day-to-day coping strategies. She has long experience with trauma, domestic violence issues, grief, and substance misuse. She can help people break habit cycles, manage mood swings, and work on communication and boundary setting.
Stephanie also supports people dealing with chronic pain, medical challenges, and the stress that follows serious health issues. Sessions aim to reduce overwhelming feelings and build routines that fit a person’s life. Stephanie describes therapy as collaborative - she meets people where they are and sets goals together.
Outside work she enjoys reading, writing, crafting, and time with family and pets on Long Island.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Using focused approaches in online sessions
Stephanie regularly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches skills to accept difficult feelings while taking actions that match personal values, which can help with stress, low mood, and addiction concerns.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. She works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and preferences, and adjusts techniques as progress is made. That way the work stays practical and focused on what matters most to the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face lessons and role play, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and messaging allows short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice skills in everyday life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related concerns such as body image and caregiver strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and person-centered. She uses tools like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based ideas, attachment work, and dialectical skills to teach coping strategies and practice new ways of relating.
What is her background and experience?
She has 26 years of clinical experience. That work includes therapy with individuals and groups and knowledge of trauma, domestic violence contexts, and community resources.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in New York.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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