Stephanie Speller-Henderson, LCMHC

Stephanie Speller-Henderson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina who brings extensive experience to her work with individuals, couples, and families. She earned a Master of Arts in Community Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master of Theology in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina. She is also a trained facilitator of the Life Innovations Prepare and Enrichment Marital Counseling Program, supporting partners who want to strengthen communication and connection.

Her counseling background includes providing support in a range of settings such as emergency rooms, community counseling centers, schools, churches, and group and private practice. She has taught locally and nationally on compassion for people living with HIV and AIDS, and she is known for translating counseling theory into practical, usable skills that clients can apply in everyday life.

In her work, Stephanie Speller-Henderson emphasizes the importance of a professional therapeutic relationship that helps clients explore and address difficult life concerns. She collaborates with clients to identify priorities and create clear treatment goals, using information gathered during the clinical assessment to guide the counseling process. Her approach is integrative and tailored, drawing on methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to examine how thoughts and beliefs shape emotions and behavior, with strategies that support real-life change. She has also provided counseling for adults with chemical dependence and has worked with children, adolescents, and adults in family treatment centers offering individual, family, and couples counseling.