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Stephanie Lanza, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Parenting and Trauma
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused steps
- Adoption support
About Stephanie
Stephanie Lanza is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with eight years of clinical experience. She sees children, adolescents, and adults for concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting stress, and family or relationship difficulties. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals to address pressing problems.
Stephanie uses a client-centered approach that highlights a person’s strengths. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to develop alternative responses. Solution-Focused techniques are used to set concrete, short-term goals and notice small changes that matter.
Her background includes considerable work with adoptive families and resource or foster parents, helping them handle the particular challenges that can arise in those situations. She also supports people coping with grief, addiction, anger, eating concerns, bipolar mood issues, and career-related stress.
In sessions she encourages clear steps you can try between meetings. That might include testing a new routine, changing how you talk to yourself about a problem, or practicing a different way of reacting to conflict. Progress is tracked in simple ways so decisions about next steps are based on what actually helps.
Stephanie works in California and conducts sessions in English. She combines structured techniques with an emphasis on clients’ goals and real-life demands. If a parent needs practical, manageable strategies for family stress, she focuses on what can change now.
How Stephanie uses CBT and practical approaches online
Stephanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits, try small behavioral experiments, and build routines that reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions often focus on specific problems and clear homework tasks to practice between meetings.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening to the person’s goals and preferences and shaping sessions around what matters most to them. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set short-term, concrete goals and to track small signs of progress that can be built on session to session.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that fit those goals. If an approach isn’t helping, they will adjust plans together so sessions remain practical and goal-directed.
The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work can support the same structured exercises, goal setting, and between-session practice that Stephanie emphasizes in person.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting and family or relationship issues, among other concerns listed in her profile.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and strengths focused. She uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to set goals and test changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults on a range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA LMFT) practicing in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States book with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to people in California as indicated.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Confirm the current session options before booking to know whether video or phone sessions are available.
How does payment work?
Session cost varies by location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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