LCSW, 10 years of experience
Hello, I am Stephanie Moreno-Carvajal and I have over 10 years of experience providing therapy for adults and adolescents from various multicultural backgrounds with a trauma-informed approach. I specialize in working with women from various ethnic backgrounds, particularly first-generation children of immigrant parents.I provide a warm and friendly environment open to discuss the treatment style that you would like as well as therapy goals. Sliding Scale fees are available.
I offer a free 15 minute consultation where I will gather some brief information about you and to give you an opportunity to find out if I would be the right therapist fit to address your therapeutic needs and discuss fees. If you decide that I am the right therapist to address your therapeutic needs, we will schedule an intake session to complete your mental health assessment. Prior to our schedule intake session, I will send you various forms to sign including a consent form. During your first intake session, I will gather more detailed information about your therapy needs, your mental health history, your mental health goals, and questions to get to know you and your preferred therapeutic style. After all, this is your therapy and your time!
My general approach is through trauma-informed lense as well as eclectic. I do not believe that a treatment approach is a "one size fits all." I believe that we are all individualized people and based on my assessment of your mental health needs, I will make a recommendation for your therapeutic plan that may consist of a style tailored for your experience. I also like to work collaboratively with clients and have you tell me what you feel you need from your therapeutic experience. I offer a warm, relaxed therapeutic environment where your opinion on your therapeutic journey matters. Remember, this is your therapy.
I am fluent in both English and Spanish and provide therapy sessions in both languages. I enjoy helping women navigating through life's challenges. My therapeutic sessions provide a non-judgmental safe space to discuss any of life's challenges, emotional issues, and mental health related concerns. I specialize in womyn's issues, anxiety, life- transitions, mild to moderate trauma informed therapy, and coping skills.
I use cognitive behavioral therapy in my therapeutic approach as a way to reframe thought patterns for people who may benefit from this type of therapeutic approach, particularly for people who struggle with many anxious thoughts. I have 7 years of experience using this treatment method. I generally use an eclectic approach in my practice as a way of managing mental health and emotional challenges. I generally tailor my therapeutic approach with each individualized person based on need.
I generally base my therapeutic approach through a trauma- informed lense. I use Trauma- Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address symptoms or any emotional struggles associated with trauma. I have over 10 years of experience using this therapeutic method. it is most successful for people who have mild- to moderate trauma/ emotional struggles associated with trauma.