- Trauma-informed care
- Addiction recovery support
- Stress and mood work
About Stephanie
Stephanie Czarnecki is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of hands-on experience helping people manage stress, trauma, addiction, and mood struggles. She offers a warm, collaborative style and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Stephanie aims to treat each person with respect and compassion while tailoring care to individual needs.
Her background includes work across inpatient and outpatient settings, offering individual and group therapy as well as case and medication management. She has supported people coping with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive challenges, and complex trauma. Her experience also extends to long-term recovery support and crisis intervention.
Stephanie uses a mix of proven approaches instead of one fixed method. She often draws on cognitive behavioral tools and combines them with acceptance-based, mindfulness, and client-centered techniques to match what each person needs. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is among the methods she may use for trauma processing when appropriate.
In sessions she keeps things practical and interactive. People work on clear goals together and build skills for managing intense emotions, cravings, relationship problems, and life transitions. She also supports people facing grief, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and issues around identity and self-worth.
Therapy plans are created collaboratively, with space for the client to set the pace and priorities. Stephanie encourages honest conversation about what is and isn’t helping, and she adjusts tools and strategies as progress unfolds.
How Stephanie’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Stephanie frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and building concrete skills for mood and anxiety management.She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental interaction and lets the person guide what matters most. These approaches can be combined so sessions address symptoms and practical next steps together. Finding the right mix is collaborative - the therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and adjust methods over time.
If you're considering online sessions, confirm the formats offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people use tools like worksheets, skill practices, and trauma processing homework between meetings. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, session length, and how to adapt exercises for a remote setting.
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, anger, depression, grief, self-esteem, career strain, and related issues such as ADHD and bipolar disorder.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and collaborative. She uses practical, interactive techniques and tailors approaches to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of direct clinical experience working across settings with individuals who face a range of mental health and substance use concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LCSW credentials and practices in Illinois while holding licenses in Illinois and Missouri as LCSW.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.