Stephanie Durso, LCSW is a Fordham University graduate who specializes in helping clients to identify and express feelings in an effective, healthy manner and to expand on use of healthy coping strategies to improve quality of life and relationships. She works with children, adolescents and adults helping them to get to know themselves in a more intimate way and to use their strengths to make positive life changes. In addition to helping individuals who struggle with depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and substance dependence Ms. Durso can assist with crisis intervention and life changes. Ms. Durso has over ten years experience of working with those working towards their recovery from trauma and self harming behaviors. Her calming presence allows her clients a level of comfort to share anything in order to work towards success. Ms. Durso’s desire to serve the community by helping others to realize their own strength and resiliency is unwavering. She believes that everyone has the ability to recover from any life stressor by tapping into their soul and becoming open to balance in all areas of life.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Body image, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family problems, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Stephanie is absolutely fantastic. She actually listens and takes notes! I feel like she holds space for me. She makes me feel seen.
Written on Sep 26, 2021 after therapy with Stephanie for 4 months
I am very lucky to have made contact with Stephanie and I feel that she has done a great job following up with me to see how I am doing.
Written on May 09, 2021 after therapy with Stephanie for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, career difficulties, and adhd