Stephanie Van Ingen
Experienced LCSW focused on family well-being
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Stephanie
Stephanie Van Ingen is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Pennsylvania. She has more than 20 years of experience providing mental health support to people across the lifespan. Her work often addresses family and parenting concerns alongside issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, ADHD, and grief.
Stephanie meets people where they are and focuses first on building a safe, respectful relationship. She believes development across the lifespan shapes how people cope and relate.
Background and approach
That perspective informs her work with children, teens, adults, and older adults. Over two decades she has worked in outpatient and inpatient clinics, treatment programs, hospitals, schools, and residential settings. Stephanie uses a blend of well-established methods so each plan fits the person.
She draws on person-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavioral methods, and solution-focused strategies. She also uses trauma-focused approaches, psychodynamic ideas, interpersonal neurobiology, dyadic developmental practices, and other evidence-based tools as needed. Therapy with her is collaborative and practical.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that help with daily functioning, parenting, relationships, sleep, eating, and coping with change. Communication can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging based on what works best for the family. Stephanie holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and applies that training to a range of concerns.
She aims to create a steady, dependable therapeutic relationship and to work alongside clients as they move toward their goals.
Evidence-based approaches and online flexibility
Stephanie commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques which help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors linked to anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating problems. She also incorporates dialectical behavioral ideas to teach emotion regulation and coping skills useful for intense emotions and relationship stress. Trauma-focused CBT methods are part of her toolbox too, offering structured ways to process past trauma and reduce its impact on daily life.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist works with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path. Together they review what helps, adjust the plan, and choose techniques that fit the family or individual circumstances.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase convenience. These options let parents and caregivers fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity when life is unpredictable, and choose communication styles that feel most comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these formats to focus on goal-setting, skill-building, and regular check-ins while adapting techniques for remote work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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