Stephanie Franklin, LCSW

Stephanie Franklin is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works from a respectful, person-first stance and focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life. Stephanie emphasizes the client as the expert in their own story and supports them as they make changes.

She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen deeply and follow each person's priorities. That means sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and move at their pace. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thinking patterns and small behavior changes to ease symptoms.

Common concerns Stephanie addresses include relationship strain, family and parenting tensions, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem struggles. She also helps people facing life changes, ADHD-related challenges, and issues around isolation or self-love. Communication problems and control issues are frequent topics too.

Stephanie aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, practical ideas to try between meetings, and steady progress over time. She encourages people to notice strengths they already have and to build on them.

Clients in Texas can expect a calm, collaborative approach that balances listening with hands-on techniques. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Stephanie offers steady support through the process.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and tailoring sessions to what the person says matters most. Online work can preserve that focus by letting the therapist follow the client’s lead, emphasize their goals, and adjust pace as needed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to ease symptoms. Delivered remotely, CBT often uses clear, homework-style exercises and short check-ins to practice new skills between sessions.

Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to lean into listening-based work, CBT techniques, or a mix of both, and they adjust as progress is made.

The profile does not list specific remote formats, so confirm the session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full session is not needed. It also lets people continue care across life transitions while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady support.