- Family of origin issues
- Attachment concerns
- CBT and DBT methods
About Stephanie
Stephanie Goossens Alayon is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) practicing in Florida with five years working with adults. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, family concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to help people who notice old family patterns affecting their day-to-day life.
She offers clear, practical conversations about how early family roles and expectations still shape current behavior. Sessions often cover attachment questions, communication struggles, feelings of emptiness or isolation, and issues around commitment and forgiveness. Stephanie uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior ideas, mindfulness, attachment-informed work, and solution-focused strategies to address these concerns.
Her background includes a decade of work with adolescents and young adults and five years focused on a diverse adult population. That experience informs how she looks at family of origin issues and related patterns that follow into adulthood. Stephanie pays attention to how bodily sensations and stress show up, and she may bring simple practices into sessions to help with that.
People can expect direct conversation about specific problems, short-term skills to manage symptoms, and attention to longer-standing relationship patterns. She helps clients name patterns, try different ways of responding, and practice skills between sessions. Her approach mixes talking, concrete exercises, and mindfulness-based moments to build new habits.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Attachment-based work looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current connections. It helps people recognize repeating roles, closeness or distance problems, and how those patterns show up in adult relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying practical exercises to change them. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and improving everyday coping. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It can be helpful when feelings feel overwhelming or when communication breaks down.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss the client’s goals, current problems, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and can be adjusted as progress or needs change.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because they are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. Some formats use less bandwidth or do not require video, which can help on a hectic day. Licensed professionals generally find that these options help clients keep therapy consistent alongside daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Other focus areas include attachment issues, abandonment, commitment, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and skills-oriented, blending talk with exercises from cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, mindfulness, solution-focused, and attachment-informed approaches. Sessions often include practice you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She holds five years of experience working with adults and has a prior decade working with adolescents and young adults. That background informs her work with family of origin patterns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with Florida licensure and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. The site matching process will list the session formats offered at the time of scheduling.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
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