Stephanie Traver, LCSW, LISW
New York · 11 years in practice
Stephanie Traver is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and difficult life moments.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 085662 · expires June 2028
- LCSW, Connecticut
- 11564 · expires July 2026
- LISW, Ohio
- I.2204006 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1679019384 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Stephanie
Stephanie Traver is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and difficult life moments. She combines practical strategies with clear conversations to help clients notice patterns and make steady changes. Stephanie brings 11 years of experience and works from New York as a clinician who helps people with mood, stress, and relationship-related concerns.
She often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift painful emotional responses.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to create simple, actionable steps for daily life. Sessions center on understanding what matters to the client and building small, realistic habits that support those goals. Stephanie has supported people coping with anxiety, depression, bipolar conditions, grief, addictions, and trauma.
She also helps with parenting challenges, caregiver stress, attention-related concerns, and complex grief or loss. Her background includes work with attachment-related difficulties and issues tied to abandonment or foster and adoptive experiences. In sessions she focuses on clear discussion, self-reflection, and practical plans for change.
Conversations often include noticing thought and behavior patterns, testing new responses, and creating ways to handle stressors outside of therapy. The pace is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs. Therapy is offered through a variety of online formats including video, phone, chat, and text messaging.
Stephanie works with English-speaking clients and is available to people outside the United States as well.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion work and behavioral tools translate online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name core emotions that drive patterns of distress. In one or two sentences this approach focuses on the emotional experience under a problem and teaches ways to shift those responses, often helping with relationship and attachment concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches skills for living by your values while making room for difficult feelings. It emphasizes small, practical actions and flexible thinking to reduce avoidance and improve daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals and comfort level. That may mean using emotion-focused conversations one week and short behavioral experiments the next, based on what feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for richer conversation and visual cues, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, chat can suit quick check-ins, and texting supports brief coaching or reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep progress moving between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, trauma, addiction, and stress-related problems. She also helps with parenting strain, caregiver stress, attention difficulties, and relationship communication.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward. She combines emotion-focused work with acceptance strategies and behavior-based tools to help people make practical changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working in clinical settings with people facing complex trauma, mood concerns, and addiction challenges.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and practices from New York. The profile lists a New York practice location.
Can I work with her if I live outside the U.S.?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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