Stephanie Clausen-Swenson, LMFT, LPCC

Stephanie focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, relationship and family concerns, and issues like self-esteem and career direction.

Stephanie describes therapy as a shared process. She helps people clear repeating thoughts, try new behaviors, and take small steps toward change.

Sessions often include breathing and guided imagery, role play, and practicing assertive communication. Nature and movement are sometimes woven into her work when helpful.

Her background includes work with adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family adjustments, and caregiver stress. She has experience with fertility concerns, first responder stress, chronic illness, and challenges related to autism and Asperger syndrome.

This range informs a flexible approach tailored to each person’s situation. Stephanie uses several therapeutic approaches to guide therapy, including attachment-based work, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and emotionally-focused ideas.

She aims to match methods to the goals the client brings. The emphasis is on practical steps that fit everyday life.

To begin, she asks people to identify concrete goals and priorities. Sessions move at a pace that feels manageable, with an eye toward real, small changes.

Stephanie welcomes questions about the process and what to expect in early sessions.