Stephanie Sammarco

Stephanie Sammarco is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience in New Jersey. She aims to make reaching out straightforward and nonjudgmental. Stephanie focuses on building a strong, trusting relationship so people feel safe talking through hard things.

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life changes. She also addresses relationship concerns, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and issues related to trauma and abuse. Stephanie supports people navigating identity and LGBT concerns and those facing isolation or burnout.

Her approach is practical and flexible. She draws from client-centered work to keep conversations focused on each person’s needs. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are brought in to support motivation and reduce reactivity. Psychodynamic ideas are used when looking at patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages. Sessions are collaborative with clear goals and regular check-ins on progress.

Stephanie has experience with caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, blended family concerns, codependency, communication problems, and life-purpose questions. She also supports people dealing with infidelity, divorce and separation, and family-of-origin issues. Her work emphasizes practical steps and steady emotional support.

To start, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How Stephanie’s approaches work in online therapy

Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It aims to create a supportive space where people can speak freely and set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear tools to change patterns that make life harder.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stephanie will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try ideas that fit. She checks in often and adjusts the plan based on what is helping and what is not.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, such as saving commute time or allowing shorter check-ins during a work break. They also let people continue consistent care when schedules or locations change. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices to an online setting to keep sessions practical and useful.