Stephanie Ehrlich Seitz, LCSW

Stephanie Ehrlich Seitz is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship tension, anger, and career challenges. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Stephanie aims to tailor conversations and plans to fit individual needs.

With 13 years of experience, Stephanie draws on a mix of practical therapies to help people handle life changes and everyday struggles. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to build coping tools and emotional regulation.

Sessions focus on clear, do-able steps. Stephanie works with clients to set goals, practice skills between sessions, and check progress together. She helps people address communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.

Many people come seeking help with life purpose, workplace stress, self-love, or seasonal mood shifts like SAD. Stephanie brings a practical, down-to-earth approach and adapts methods to what each person needs right now.

She offers sessions for a range of daily concerns and aims to make the process understandable and manageable. Stephanie recognizes that reaching out takes courage and will work collaboratively to plan next steps.

How Stephanie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Stephanie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can cut down worry and improve daily functioning. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is about noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match your values. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, such as grounding and distress-tolerance techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each client about goals and preferences, then suggest methods that make sense for those goals. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which skills and exercises to try and adjust the plan as progress is reviewed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and practicing skills in real time, phone calls work well when video isn’t possible, chat lets clients check in quickly, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try approaches without a large time commitment.