- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused work
About Stephanie
Stephanie Lanza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with eight years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, grief, parenting pressures, relationship and family concerns, addiction, and anger. Sessions are offered in English. She also focuses on adoption and foster care challenges and post-traumatic stress.
Stephanie uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening and understanding what matters most to each person. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and on Solution-Focused techniques to set small, practical goals. These methods are used together so conversations stay grounded and actionable.
In practice she keeps sessions concrete. People talk through recent incidents, notice patterns, and try small behavior changes between sessions. For parents and foster or adoptive caregivers, she looks at how stress and expectations affect daily routines and relationships. Workable steps often include communication skills, emotion regulation techniques, and planning for difficult conversations.
When trauma or past abuse is a concern, Stephanie integrates trauma-focused methods into the client-centered work. The aim is to help people feel less driven by past events and more able to respond in the present. She emphasizes steady, paced work rather than quick fixes.
Her style is direct and practical. She helps people set clear goals and checks progress as they go. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see how the approach fits their needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the client says is most important. Online sessions using this approach start with the person describing the problem and what they want to change, and the therapist reflects and helps set priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. In online sessions this can mean specific exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments to try between meetings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals with the client and recommend which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change over time based on what helps most.
Confirm current session options before booking. The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting appointments into a busy day, having shorter check-ins when needed, and avoiding travel time. These factors can make regular work on anger and stress easier to maintain while juggling family and job demands.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She works with anger related to relationships, parenting stress, work frustration, and resentment that builds over time.
Which therapeutic approaches are used in sessions?
She uses client-centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused techniques, and trauma-focused work as needed.
How long has she been practicing?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and adults.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and practices from that state.
Can I have sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.