Stephanie Howard

Stephanie Howard is a Kentucky-based professional counselor who brings seven years of clinical experience to her work with children, teens, adults, couples, parents and families. She practices from a strength-based, client-centered perspective, guiding each person toward practical growth while building on the abilities she sees in them.

Stephanie uses a blend of clinical approaches tailored to the individual, including cognitive techniques, Christian-informed counseling, art therapy and play therapy. She has experience helping people develop healthier coping skills for stress, anxiety, anger, grief and depression, and she supports clients who want to improve relationships with children, spouses and extended family members.

Her areas of focus include stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, depression, addiction, LGBT-related issues, relationship difficulties, grief, parenting challenges, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. She enjoys helping clients notice what is going well in their lives, imagine a hopeful future and create realistic steps to move toward those goals.

Stephanie completed a bachelor’s degree in Child and Family Studies at Eastern Kentucky University and earned a master’s degree in professional clinical counseling from Liberty University. She began her post-graduate clinical work in Kentucky as a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate and progressed to full licensure as a professional clinical counselor in the state in 2019. Stephanie continues to refine her clinical skills through ongoing education and holds licensure to practice in Kentucky.