- Strengths-based focus
- CBT and psychodynamic
- 17 years experience
About Stephanie
Stephanie Howard is a licensed clinical social worker with 17 years of experience in California. She offers a warm, strengths-based approach and helps people take the first steps toward change. Stephanie focuses on clear, practical work aimed at everyday concerns like stress and self esteem.
Stephanie trained at the University of California, Berkeley where she earned her master’s degree. She has practiced across inpatient and outpatient settings, schools, and community clinics. That variety shaped a pragmatic style that adapts to each person's life and goals.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic ideas. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while also looking at past patterns that affect present life. Conversations are tailored to what a person needs right now rather than following a fixed script.
Her caseload has included anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, grief, addictions, workplace stress, and ADHD. Stephanie also works with concerns that crop up around adoption and foster care, family of origin issues, postpartum mood changes, and feelings of isolation.
Stephanie aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She focuses on building collaboration so clients set goals they actually want. To begin, she asks a few questions and builds a plan that fits the client's day-to-day life.
Stephanie trained at the University of California, Berkeley where she earned her master’s degree. She has practiced across inpatient and outpatient settings, schools, and community clinics. That variety shaped a pragmatic style that adapts to each person's life and goals.
In sessions she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic ideas. That means she helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while also looking at past patterns that affect present life. Conversations are tailored to what a person needs right now rather than following a fixed script.
Her caseload has included anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, grief, addictions, workplace stress, and ADHD. Stephanie also works with concerns that crop up around adoption and foster care, family of origin issues, postpartum mood changes, and feelings of isolation.
Stephanie aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She focuses on building collaboration so clients set goals they actually want. To begin, she asks a few questions and builds a plan that fits the client's day-to-day life.