Stephanie Miller-Olsen , LMHC

Stephanie Miller-Olsen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. She has worked with both children and adults across a broad range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use, and trauma, and brings a compassionate, non-judgemental approach to clinical work.

Her practice focuses on helping clients build practical tools to meet goals and improve overall quality of life, with areas of emphasis that include stress, self-esteem, relationships, parenting, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, coping with life changes, and addictions. She also addresses more specific challenges such as codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, panic attacks, phobias, post-traumatic stress, and self-harm.

Stephanie integrates established therapeutic methods to support growth and resilience, and she is willing to support communication between sessions through messaging when it supplements regular appointment time. She does not provide documentation for legal or court proceedings. At this time, Stephanie Miller-Olsen is not accepting new clients.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, giving clients space to explore their values and choices while the therapist offers support and reflection. This approach can help with issues like self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is commonly used to address anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts and compulsions, and panic symptoms by teaching practical skills and structured strategies.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, and can be particularly useful for managing intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and self-harm behaviors.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress is made and priorities evolve.

Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging can increase flexibility and make it easier to fit care into a busy life. These options allow licensed professionals to offer consistent support across different formats, so clients can choose the style of interaction that feels most helpful for their circumstances.