Stephanie Maxwell, LPC

Stephanie Maxwell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and LGBTQ+ issues. Stephanie aims to make therapy a straightforward, supportive place for people who feel overwhelmed or stuck.

Her style blends practical skills with attention to feelings and relationships. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and acceptance and commitment methods to help people live by their values. Attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused work guide conversations about closeness, boundaries, and trust.

Sessions often include mindfulness and body-aware practices to help manage intense emotion and reduce reactivity. Stephanie helps people name patterns that keep them feeling anxious, empty, or stuck after loss or difficult relationships. She also supports those navigating identity, kink and alternative sexual cultures, and family-of-origin issues.

Stephanie has worked with people facing chronic illness, fertility strain, caregiver stress, and complex grief. She helps with communication problems, control struggles, and feelings tied to abandonment or attachment wounds. Her approach is collaborative and practical, offering tools you can try between sessions.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges that. Stephanie aims to make the process as clear and manageable as possible while walking alongside each person’s goals and pace.

How her approaches guide online work

Stephanie draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters and take small actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck when worry keeps you from living the life you want.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in relationships and how early connections affect current trust and closeness. This work helps when relationship wounds, abandonment concerns, or attachment needs create repeated conflict or withdrawal.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together you decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session formats before booking. The main practical advantage is flexibility - therapy can fit around work, caregiving, and medical needs without extra travel. Online sessions can make shorter check-ins easier, reduce time lost to commuting, and allow conversations from a quieter spot when that is possible. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and attachment-informed exercises to remote sessions so work continues between meetings.