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Stephanie Bayly

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Stephanie Bayly, MA, LPCC

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
(424) 361-6196

My highest priority as your counselor is to provide a safe, non-judgmental space for you to share your story. I believe healing starts when individuals feel truly seen and heard. In addition, I believe therapy is a place where you can gain new tools to reframe your internal narratives and positively change how you interact with your emotional experiences and environment. With empathy, objectivity, and consistency, I will take the necessary steps with you to help you reach your goals and experience the growth and healing you desire, with God’s help.

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About

I offer a variety of options for professional, faith-based mental health treatment including counseling for teens, therapy for adult individuals, couples counseling, family therapy, and group counseling. If you’re looking for support related to anxiety, depression, trauma, eating disorders, relationship issues, or other concerns, I invite you to take the first step toward personal growth and positive change today. Using a combination of proven therapeutic methods, I will work with you to develop a treatment plan that meets your needs and goals, looking to the Lord for guidance and direction from His Word.

My Goal as a Christian Counselor

My desire as a counselor is to help clients find freedom and develop confidence, strength, and resilience. My hope for anyone I work with is to no longer be defined by their experiences but to gain the tools and tangible skills needed to navigate conflict, stress, and times of suffering. I want my clients to be able to break free from feeling defeat related to the past, present, or future. In addition, my aim is for clients to engage in introspection and gain a deeper understanding of themselves to change maladaptive patterns and feelings of powerlessness over their emotions and circumstances.

What I Offer in Christian Counseling

I offer a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to share their stories, including both current and past circumstances. My hope is that through my customized therapeutic approach, you will leave each session with a sense of direction as well as tangible goals for the week ahead to put into practice what is discussed and learned in therapy. I believe that doing the work during the week following therapy is just as important as therapy itself. In short, my sessions consist of learning to voice and validate your experience and determining how to move forward while gaining personal insight about yourself and your path toward growth.

My Approach to Christian Counseling

Integrating psychology and theology is an essential part of healing because what we believe about God directly relates to how we see ourselves and how we construct schemas and narratives about our circumstances. The Bible is also filled with others’ experiences of emotions and pain. Engaging with these Scriptures allows the client’s pain to feel seen. In addition, the Bible also provides the example that it is okay to ask God hard questions about suffering and it displays how God shows up in the midst of pain. I also believe that emotional healing and spiritual healing are connected – as we grow emotionally, we are able to grow spirituality. Being able to connect with God in the emotional healing process also invites us to find deeper meaning in our lives.

Biography

Qualifications & Experience

I completed my undergraduate studies at Biola University in La Mirada, majoring in theological and biblical studies. I finished my Master’s degree at Wheaton College in Illinois, majoring in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. From there I completed my clinical hours working with families, couples, adults, and adolescents at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center and I currently am licensed as an LPCC in California. In addition, I have completed continuing education units in trauma competency, eating disorders, DBT, and mood disorders.

My Call to Christian Counseling

I decided to pursue counseling when I did volunteer work with families and individuals in downtown Los Angeles as I was earning my undergraduate degree.

More About Me/On a Personal Note

I enjoy being outdoors, including hiking, biking, running, exploring, and traveling. I appreciate art, decorating, and music. I also believe physical well-being, including self-care and fitness, is an important aspect in holistic healing.

Services and Specialities

Areas of Expertise/Specialties

  • Abandonment and Neglect
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Chemical Dependency
  • Coaching
  • Counseling for Teens
  • Couples Counseling
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Counseling
  • Grief and Loss
  • Group Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Infidelity and Affairs
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Men’s Issues
  • OCD
  • Online Counseling
  • Personal Development
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Professional Development
  • Relationship Issues
  • Sex and Porn Addiction
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spiritual Development
  • Trauma
  • Weight Loss
  • Women’s Issues

Anxiety

Anxiety is just a clinical word for fear. A key component to healing is identifying how these root fears developed. When we have lived in a state of fear for a prolonged time due to our experiences, our minds learn to operate at a baseline of internal panic, resulting in the physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety. To change a baseline of unrest, it requires reshaping the stories we tell ourselves, challenging our cognitive distortions, and incorporating practical grounding skills into our daily lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an essential tool in mitigating anxiety while finding how to foster consistency and stability in daily life.

Trauma

Unhealed wounds from our past can result in crippling fear and shame, robbing us of our sense of identity, control, and safety. Trauma poisons our body, mind, and spirit. To reclaim what was taken from us, the process begins with learning how to share our story while integrating practical techniques to regulate our nervous system, with the additional goal of making meaning from the events in our lives and returning to a baseline of internal safety. In sessions, narrative therapy integrating a strength-based approach is a starting place for healing from trauma.

Couples Counseling

The unhealed parts of ourselves frequently show up in the form of conflict in our romantic relationships. Often, points of contention stem from unhelpful patterns learned from childhood and attachment wounds. When our insecurities, fears, and inability to internally regulate manifest in the dynamic with another person, it can lead to resentment, shame, and anxiety, making it difficult to navigate tension and healthily respond to a partner. Reshaping attachment styles, externalizing problems, identifying core fears, and challenging current thinking patterns that contribute to defensiveness, avoidance, and anger are integral parts of couples counseling, with an end goal of defining what a secure and safe relationship means and learning to put that definition into practice, with God’s guidance.

Depression

Depression often leads to feelings of paralysis and defeat. Experiencing prolonged hopelessness and helplessness can affect us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Identifying the underlying causes of the emotional experience is the first step towards relief from the heaviness. Exploring core beliefs and the impact of loss is a starting place for alleviating symptoms. In addition, integrating Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) can reduce experiences of powerlessness and hopelessness while providing practical tools to combat symptoms.

Eating Disorders

An eating disorder can be all-consuming, both for an individual as well as a family. In the process of recovery, it is essential to determine core beliefs and fears that contributed to the current symptoms as well as to identify the function or purpose the eating disorder serves. Redefining your value and relationship with food as well as a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), supplemented with nutritional counseling, provides practical healing for the mind and body.

Payment and Forms

Sessions: I offer 53-minute sessions. Sessions can be held more than once per week, weekly, or every other week. Scheduling options are discussed in greater detail during your Risk-Free Initial Session.

Availability (by office location):

  • Irvine – Tuesdays
  • Online Counseling – Tuesdays

Fees: I offer a Risk-Free Initial Session for individuals, couples, and groups looking to pursue counseling with me. Please note that there is a fee for the Risk-Free Initial Session as it is a clinical hour and reimbursable to most insurance companies, but if you choose not to reschedule and continue therapy after the initial session the entire fee for the session will be waived. For ongoing treatment the full fee per session is required at the time of service.

Insurance: As a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), most insurance companies will reimburse for a portion of my services (as an Out of Network Provider). Please consult with your insurance provider as to whether they specifically cover adolescents, individuals and couples.

Receipts/Statements: In the event you require a printed or digital receipt, I will provide receipts for personal use, insurance reimbursement, Flex Spending Accounts (FSA), and Health Savings Accounts (HSA).

Payment options: Cash, Check, or Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, & American Express).

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Stephanie is very insightful and compassionate. I feel heard and validated during our sessions. She explains things in a way that helps me understand myself. I’m looking forward to continuing working with her.

Stephanie is so caring and compassionate. She is the sort of person you find yourself opening up to easily and sharing things you may not have shared with others before. Her care for her clients is evident.