Stephanie Knauer, LPC

Stephanie Knauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship strains. Stephanie also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, codependency, ADHD, and other life changes.

She trained at Shippensburg University, earning a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2018 after completing a bachelor’s in psychology. Her background includes work in inpatient behavioral health and substance abuse settings, with experience supporting adults in both inpatient and outpatient contexts.

In sessions she focuses on practical skills and clear steps. She often uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and change patterns that keep people stuck. She also draws on dialectical behavior tools for regulating emotions and improving distress tolerance.

Stephanie incorporates attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She uses client-centered approaches to keep conversations grounded in what matters to the person in the room. Mindfulness exercises and focused problem-solving rounds out her methods when helpful.

People who tend to put others first, have trouble saying no, or live around someone else’s mood or substance use may find her straightforward, skills-focused style useful. She invites clients to practice new ways of relating and managing stress between sessions. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.

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