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Stephanie Crume

Therapist focused on family strengths

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Stephanie

Stephanie Crume is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma. She brings 13 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns. Stephanie emphasizes practical steps and builds on each person’s strengths.

Her tone is direct and supportive, aimed at families and parents looking for steady guidance. She approaches work as a collaboration. Stephanie believes clients know their own stories and she helps them find paths forward.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on clear goals and tools that people can use between meetings. She aims to make changes feel manageable rather than overwhelming. Stephanie uses a mix of evidence-based methods tailored to what a person needs.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports making values-based choices when emotions are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns.

Her practice covers a wide range of issues tied to family life and personal functioning. These include parenting stress, blended family concerns, communication problems, intimacy issues, and caregiving stress. She also works with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and with trauma-related difficulties.

Sessions may use skills practice, values clarification, and communication strategies. Stephanie combines a practical style with steady listening. Her focus is on usable change that fits a person’s real life and family context.

Approaches that translate well to online family work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can help when stress or parenting demands make it hard to act in ways you want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior patterns; it is useful for anxiety, sleeping problems, and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current family interactions and communication, and works to build safer, more responsive connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stephanie treats therapy as a team effort and will discuss which methods make sense for a person’s goals and situation. She adapts tools from different approaches so they fit a client’s needs and family life rather than using a single fixed model.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions and live chat can suit short check-ins or days with limited time. Text-based messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to practice skills and stay consistent while balancing family responsibilities.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, family conflict, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, and several other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her general approach in therapy?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She focuses on clear goals, skills practice, and using each person’s strengths to make small, usable changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns related to family life and personal wellbeing.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with license number OK LPC LPC05328.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees or payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
13 years
Licensed
Oklahoma
Languages
English

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