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Stephanie Birnbaum, LPCC

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Depression ADHD
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I am licensed in Ohio with 30 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy related issues, & depression. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. I encourage resilience and believe that clients who can be resilient will often find a path to new positive realities and perspectives that have the potential to flourish and empower them in surprising ways. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!

Professional experience

31 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Self esteem, Motivation Depression ADHD

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Aging and geriatric issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Body image, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dissociation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Hearing impaired, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sex addiction, Smoking / vaping cessation, Traumatic brain injury, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

OH LPCC E.2303347-SUPV

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Stephanie Birnbaum. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

She is a very respectable person that doesn’t beat around the bush. Our talks are extremely helpful and I like the insight she brings.

Written on Jul 06, 2025 after therapy with Stephanie for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting issues, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Easy to talk to. Knowledgeable andcompassionate, but firm. You can tell She cares about her work and her clients

Written on Jun 20, 2025 after therapy with Stephanie for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes

Stephanie is the best therapist I have ever had. She pays very close attention to my problems and always finds an alternative way to look and deal with them. I’d recommend her to everybody!

Written on Jun 18, 2025 after therapy with Stephanie for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd

Stephanie really listens and provides helpful feedback. She has helped me see things in a different light and it helps me to understand things we talk about. She provides good advise on how to deal with specific issues.

Written on May 12, 2025 after therapy with Stephanie for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, and anger management

Extremely insightful and attentive through the whole session. I feel blessed to have been connected with her in such a challenging time in my life.

Written on Feb 07, 2025 after therapy with Stephanie for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and coping with life changes

Stephanie is not only knowledgeable and supportive, but she can give a strong dose of tough love that I always need! I feel like I can tell her anything and not feel judged.

Written on Dec 15, 2024 after therapy with Stephanie for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, self esteem, anger management, and adhd