Therapist profile
Stephanie Plasencia, LCSW
New York
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anxiety and Parenting
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, New York / 104018
- NPI
- 1013823566
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- New York
About
- Stress management
- Boundary skills
- Codependency support
About Stephanie
Stephanie Plasencia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in New York with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, and coping with life changes. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. Stephanie lists codependency among her additional focus areas and helps people who find themselves prioritizing others to their own detriment.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on concrete skills people can use between sessions. In meetings she helps clients identify patterns such as people-pleasing, trouble saying no, and difficulty setting boundaries. She also supports people managing the emotional impact of caregiving, chronic illness, or major life transitions.
Stephanie’s background includes a range of settings that inform her work in outpatient care. Her earlier roles exposed her to crisis services, schools, inpatient psychiatry, correctional settings, and community programs. That variety shaped a practical approach to problems that often feel overwhelming.
In sessions she aims to build coping tools, increase emotional awareness, and improve communication skills. She includes straightforward strategies for stress and anxiety management and helps people practice setting limits in relationships. The focus is on usable steps rather than abstract theory.
For people who speak Spanish, she offers care in that language as well as English. She does not accept international clients. Before booking, the reader should confirm current session options and scheduling details.
How sessions work
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Stephanie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and measurable progress. Cognitive-behavioral strategies help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. These methods are useful for managing worry, improving mood, and reducing patterns like people-pleasing.Attachment-informed work focuses on how early relationships shape expectations and reactions to others. This approach helps people who struggle with abandonment fears, clinginess, or difficulty trusting their own needs. Techniques here aim to increase awareness of relationship patterns and practice new ways of relating.
Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying a few techniques to see what helps in everyday life.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can also use video or phone in different situations to match energy, bandwidth, or the kind of interaction someone prefers.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, and coping with life changes. Codependency is listed among her additional focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical skills people can use between sessions. The work emphasizes identifying patterns and practicing new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She holds five years of clinical experience as an LCSW in New York. Her background also includes work in crisis services, schools, inpatient psychiatry, correctional settings, and community programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices in New York state.
Does she offer therapy in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.