Stephanie Speller-Henderson

Stephanie is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 19 years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Arts in Community Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master in Theology in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Hood Theological Seminary. She is a trained facilitator of the Life Innovations Prepare and Enrichment Marital Counseling Program. Her professional roles have included teaching about compassion for persons living with HIV and AIDS and providing counseling in emergency rooms, community counseling centers, schools, churches, group settings, and independent practice.

Her specialties include stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, family of origin concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life counseling, post-traumatic stress, women's issues, and workplace matters. Stephanie integrates Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy, selecting techniques based on clinical assessment. Clients collaborate with her to set treatment goals and use strategies such as cognitive restructuring, role work, task assignments, and psychoeducation to address patterns and build skills.