Stephanie Gildea

Stephanie Gildea is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eight years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anger, anxiety, mood concerns, or struggles after trauma. Stephanie aims to make sessions feel practical and manageable for someone juggling family and daily life.

She earned a Master of Arts in Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Stephanie focuses on supporting people through depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, and grief. She also helps with relationship difficulties, intimacy-related questions, sleep problems, parenting stress, and the strain of caregiving and compassion fatigue.

In sessions she keeps things flexible and centered on the client's needs. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, achievable goals. Stephanie draws on client-centered methods and emotion-focused ideas to help people better understand feelings and responses.

She also uses narrative approaches to help clients reframe personal stories and find different ways of moving forward. Stephanie pays attention to mood and impulsivity issues, and she supports people facing postpartum depression and challenges tied to personality or attention concerns.

Stephanie practices in Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English. She invites people to share what's most pressing and to take small, steady steps toward change.

How her approaches shape online care

Stephanie uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience and goals, helping them name what matters and decide on useful next steps. This approach is helpful for stress, self-esteem work, and coping with life changes.

She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to identify and work with strong feelings that affect relationships and closeness. EFT-style work can be useful when people want to understand patterns that lead to repeated conflict or disconnection.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Stephanie works collaboratively with clients to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in and adjusts the plan as people notice what helps and what does not.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist's profile lists her methods and location, and session logistics should be confirmed at scheduling. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the need to be on camera for every meeting. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.