Stephanie Sligo-Baker, LICSW

Stephanie Sligo-Baker is a licensed independent clinical social worker with decades of hands-on experience. She brings 37 years of practice to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Stephanie works to create a respectful, sensitive space for each person who reaches out.

Her approach is practical and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals and try small, doable steps toward change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the methods she uses to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Stephanie also draws on attachment-based and client-centered approaches to build a stronger therapeutic relationship. That means she pays attention to how early patterns and current relationships affect daily life, while keeping the person’s priorities in view. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing and useful in the moment.

Over the years she has supported people coping with trauma, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and career stress. She also addresses issues such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. Stephanie adapts the work to each person’s needs and pace.

She offers a calm, steady presence and clear tools you can use between sessions. If you are ready to take a step toward change, she helps you set realistic next moves and tracks progress together.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Stephanie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going; CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy is another approach she uses to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and to build healthier ways of relating in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She talks with each person about goals and preferences, tries methods that fit those goals, and adjusts the plan based on what helps. The aim is to find practical tools that match your needs, not to push a single technique.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins and brief reflections, and text lets you keep notes and reminders from sessions. These options help people fit sessions into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.