Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
How Helena works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Helena
Dr. Helena Stevens is a Licensed Professional Counselor with ten years of experience in Wisconsin. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, career struggles, depression, and anger.
She starts by listening to each person’s story and looks for strengths to build on. Her approach is practical and straightforward. She believes clients are experts on their own lives and works alongside them to set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions are geared toward real-life changes such as improving coping skills, handling work pressure, or managing intense emotions. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and create new, workable habits. Client-centered methods guide how she listens and responds, keeping conversations focused on what matters to the person in front of her.
For people feeling stuck in difficult cycles, she brings elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. Narrative and existential ideas are used when exploring meaning, identity, and life transitions. Her sessions suit people who want supportive, goal-focused work and clear strategies they can use between meetings.
She encourages small, manageable steps and checks progress regularly. Helena aims to help people feel more capable of handling life’s ups and downs.
What Helena works with
Everything Helena lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Helena's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Helena lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches work online
Dr. Stevens commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Client-centered work centers the conversation on the person’s priorities and uses empathy to help them find their own solutions.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for people needing stronger emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT offers specific skills for managing intense feelings and reducing reactive behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed together.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. She discusses options with each person and adjusts methods to fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize skill-building, meaning-making, or narrative exploration.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls let people work face-to-face when deeper conversation is helpful. Phone sessions can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins or to share thoughts between meetings, supporting steady progress over time.
Questions people ask about Helena
What concerns does Dr. Stevens address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, career and depression, as well as anger and trauma-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is supportive and practical, combining listening with clear strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
What background and experience does she have?
Helena has ten years of professional experience working with people facing emotional and behavioral challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LPC credential and is licensed in Wisconsin.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently working with international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are delivered using a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.