Stephanie Sligo-Baker

Stephanie Sligo-Baker is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota with 37 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. She also supports those coping with trauma, addiction, and anger. Stephanie approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Her work is straightforward and practical. She listens first, then shapes sessions around what matters most to the client. Conversations and plans are tailored to each person’s needs and life situation. She encourages small, doable steps that build toward change.

Stephanie brings long experience supporting people who face work-related trauma, including firefighters, police officers, other first responders, and healthcare workers. She uses that background to help people process difficult events and learn coping strategies that fit everyday life.

Her clinical style draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, client-centered methods that keep the person’s goals central, and cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses dialectical behavior strategies for emotional regulation and existential approaches to tackle life meaning and direction.

Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on practical tools as well as understanding underlying issues. Stephanie aims to make the first steps feel manageable and to support people as they try new ways of handling stress, anger, grief, and relationship problems.

How her approaches fit with online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how patterns in relationships affect feelings and behavior, and it helps people notice and change repeating dynamics. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and experience, offering acceptance and gentle guidance to build self-understanding. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) gives concrete steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, anger, and mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to use based on goals, needs, and preferences. The plan can change over time as progress and challenges emerge.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows continuity when life circumstances change. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to virtual work so clients can practice skills and reflect on patterns between sessions.