Stephanie Morris
You may be navigating stress, anxiety, grief, caregiving responsibilities, or major life transitions that have left you feeling emotionally stretched or overwhelmed. Some clients are also coping with chronic illness or supporting a loved one through health challenges. With a background in healthcare and personal experience, I bring both emotional understanding and practical awareness of the systems and responsibilities that often add to stress.
I have spent more than 30 years supporting older adults and their families through medical and life transitions.
First session
Therapy with me is a warm, steady, and collaborative space where we focus on helping you feel more grounded, supported, and able to manage what you are carrying.
Strengths
I am a licensed clinical social worker with a background in healthcare and extensive experience supporting adults through stress, grief, caregiving responsibilities, and major life transitions. I bring professional and personal understanding of the challenges that come with caregiving, stress, and major life transitions.
Ideal clients
My ideal client are adults who are carrying significant responsibility, often for others, while feeling emotionally overwhelmed, stretched thin, or unsure how to keep balancing everything. Many are navigating caregiving roles, grief or loss, chronic stress, or major life transitions that have disrupted their sense of balance or stability. Some clients are supporting aging parents or loved ones with health concerns, while others are coping with their own health challenges or significant life changes. What they often have in common is feeling like they are managing a lot on the outside while struggling to find space for themselves emotionally.
Treatment methods
Strength-Based
My approach s strengths based and grounded in my practical experiences in healthcare, personally and professionally. I help you focus on your existing strengths and coping skills while building practical ways to manage stress, grief, caregiving demands, and life transitions.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop more effective ways to cope with stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. My approach is practical and focused on strategies you can use in everyday life.
Grief Therapy
I support individuals navigating grief in many forms, including loss of a loved one, anticipatory grief, and the ongoing grief that can come with caregiving, aging, and chronic illness. With my background, I understand how grief often exists alongside real life responsibilities and difficult decisions. Together, we create space to process your loss while also helping you manage the emotional and practical demands you may be facing.
Trauma Informed Care
I provide trauma informed care, recognizing that past experiences, chronic stress, and ongoing challenges- such as caregiving, grief, and health related concerns- can have a lasting impact. My approach is steady, respectful, and paced to your comfort, helping you feel safe and supported as we work through difficult experiences.
Compassion Focused
I incorporate compassion focused approaches to help you work through self-criticism, guilt, and the emotional weight that often comes with caregiving, grief, and life stress. Together, we focus on building a more supportive and understanding way of relating to yourself, especially during difficult or overwhelming times.
Location
Virtual sessions
In-person sessions5748 N Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64118