Stephanie Crume, LPC

Stephanie Crume is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with 13 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and address LGBTQ+ related concerns. She also supports those navigating family conflict, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and major life changes.

Stephanie frames the client as the expert in their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals. She offers a calm, respectful presence and encourages small, achievable changes that fit everyday life.

Her work draws on several evidence-informed approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and develop different responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes values and willingness to act toward what matters despite difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns in connections with others.

Stephanie has additional experience supporting people with chronic illness, caregiver stress, ADHD, parenting strains, sleep difficulties, and workplace burnout. She also addresses concerns like abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, and communication or control issues that complicate relationships.

Therapy with Stephanie tends to be direct and collaborative. She helps clients set clear goals, try new skills between sessions, and reflect on what works. The focus is on practical relief and more sustainable ways of handling ongoing challenges.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people get clearer about what matters most to them and take action toward those values even when feelings are hard. It can be helpful for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic illness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing different behaviors to change how problems affect daily life. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep issues, low mood, and problem-solving skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns influence current connections and communication, and it can help with intimacy, trust, and family conflicts.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That choice is collaborative and may change as work progresses.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people appreciate online therapy for fitting sessions into a busy week, easier scheduling around work or caregiving, and making it simpler to attend when travel is difficult. Online sessions can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited or let someone choose audio rather than video if that feels easier. Licensed professionals adapt skills like ACT and CBT to work well in remote sessions, focusing on exercises, goal-setting, and practice between meetings.