Dr. Shannon Stepan

As a compassionate, thoughtful, experienced psychologist, I am very interested in getting to know you and your struggles. I work with individuals and couples, from late adolescence to older adulthood. My work is collaborative, starting with creating a non-judgmental space in which you can feel comfortable sharing your symptoms and exploring your past, present and future. We will work together to help you to understand and negotiate the external and internal obstacles preventing you from achieving greater contentment in your life.

I use evidence-based approaches, such as CBT, DBT, and ACT, to help reduce anxiety and depression, better cope with stress, and improve self-esteem and relationships. I also utilize attachment and psychodynamic theories to help you construct a meaningful narrative of your history, help you identify harmful patterns in thinking, behavior and relationships, and help you liberate from them. I specialize in both short-term and long-term psychotherapy aimed at increasing self-awareness and identifying patterns that contribute to mood symptoms and difficulties at work or in relationships. I look forward to speaking with you about the challenges you are currently facing so that we can establish a plan to help you overcome them and lead a more satisfying and fulfilling life. I am an in network provider with Aetna and am licensed to practice in New York and Illinois.