Stephanie Knauer, LPC

Stephanie Knauer, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania, has seven years of clinical experience and helps people address stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes using approaches she prefers. She works with issues related to LGBT concerns, relationships, family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy, eating and sleeping, parenting stress, anger, career challenges, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Stephanie uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness Therapy in her practice. She leans toward practical, skills-based work that includes talking through thinking patterns, building coping skills, and practicing mindfulness exercises. Sessions often focus on concrete strategies people can try between meetings.

Her background includes clinical roles in inpatient behavioral health and in substance abuse treatment settings with both teens and adults. She has experience in inpatient and outpatient substance abuse counseling. Her training began with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling.

Stephanie pays particular attention to attachment and relationship patterns and to how stress shows up in daily life. She also has an interest in working with athletes on performance-related anxiety. Her approach aims to be straightforward and focused on measurable steps toward the client’s goals.

To start, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online sessions