Stephanie Andrews, LMFT
Helping people rebuild relationships and cope with trauma
About Stephanie
Stephanie Andrews is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of experience in California. She supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and sexual abuse.
Background and approach
She also helps with career concerns, infidelity, and questions about sexual behavior. Stephanie aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about thoughts and feelings.
She focuses on practical conversations and steady support so clients can take small, manageable steps toward change. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
She pays attention to patterns that affect relationships and family life, including family of origin issues and communication problems. She also works with people facing guilt, shame, forgiveness, and questions of life purpose.
For those coping with post-traumatic stress or sexual assault, she offers steady, trauma-informed care. Sessions often center on improving how people relate to others and to themselves.
She helps clients build self-love, set healthier boundaries, and repair trust after infidelity. Career worries and young adult transitions are addressed with practical strategies and goal-setting.
Stephanie welcomes the courage it takes to start therapy and aims to make the process clear and manageable. She partners with clients to set realistic goals and track progress.
The focus is on small changes that add up to meaningful improvements.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on relationships, trauma recovery, and practical problem-solving. One common focus is relationship work, which looks at communication patterns and helps people learn new ways to speak and listen to each other. This approach is useful for couples and for individuals wanting healthier connections. Another frequent focus is trauma-informed care, which helps people process past harms and reduce post-traumatic stress symptoms. These methods emphasize pacing, grounding, and building coping skills so people can feel more steady over time. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. This collaborative process allows adjustments as progress is made. Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, check-ins between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain regular contact with a licensed professional.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English