Meet Our Therapist, Mrs. Stephanie Moir
I’m Stephanie Moir, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Bilingual, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and coach. I’m also a mom, a business owner, and a person who has had my own seasons of uncertainty, health challenges, infertility, and life transitions.
Those experiences have shaped the way I see therapy.
I believe people are so much more than a diagnosis, a symptom, or the difficult season that brought them through the door.
Sometimes we know exactly what we need help with.
Sometimes we just know that something doesn't feel right anymore.
And sometimes we have spent so much time taking care of everyone else that we aren't quite sure where to begin taking care of ourselves.
You don't have to know exactly what you need before you reach out.
We can start there.
My Approach to Therapy
My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, compassionate, and individualized.
I don't believe there is one right way to do therapy or one technique that works for everyone. Your experiences, relationships, personality, history, and goals all matter.
Depending on what you're working through, I may incorporate approaches such as:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
EMDR
Somatic-informed therapy
Inner child work
Mindfulness
Nervous-system-informed approaches
Trauma-informed care
I'm particularly interested in the connection between the mind, body, nervous system, emotions, and the experiences we have throughout our lives.
Sometimes you can understand something intellectually and still feel stuck.
You can know what you “should” do and still feel overwhelmed.
You can understand your anxiety and still feel it in your body.
Therapy can create space to explore not only what is happening, but also why it may be happening and what you need moving forward.
My Own Story Has Shaped My Work
I’ve spent much of my professional life helping people navigate anxiety, trauma, relationships, parenting, life transitions, and difficult seasons.
But my own life has taught me things that no textbook could.
I've experienced seasons of uncertainty and health challenges. I've also walked through infertility, and I know how complicated it can feel when something you hoped for doesn't happen easily or according to the timeline you imagined.
Infertility can hold so many emotions at once—hope, grief, waiting, disappointment, uncertainty, and sometimes feelings that are difficult to explain to people who haven't experienced it themselves.
That experience changed the way I understand grief and the invisible things people carry.
It taught me that you can be grateful for what you have and still grieve what you don't.
You can be hopeful and exhausted.
You can be strong and still need support.
Those experiences have made me more compassionate toward the parts of people's stories that aren't always visible.
Then I Became a Mom
Motherhood has shaped me just as much.
My children are neurodivergent, and parenting them has changed the way I understand behavior, emotions, learning, overwhelm, and the nervous system.
It has taught me to look underneath what I see.
Instead of only asking:
“How do we change this behavior?”
I find myself asking:
“What is happening underneath it?”
“What is this child trying to communicate?”
“What might they need that they don't yet have the words to tell me?”
That perspective has become an important part of the way I work with children, teens, and families.
I want children to feel understood—not simply managed.
And I want parents to feel supported rather than judged.
Therapy for Children & Teens
I work with children and teens who may be experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, trauma, behavioral challenges, difficulty with emotional regulation, life transitions, self-esteem concerns, or other challenges that are affecting how they feel and function.
Children don't always have the words to explain what's happening inside.
Therapy may involve talking, play, creativity, movement, mindfulness, body awareness, or other developmentally appropriate approaches.
With teens, I focus on creating a space where they can be honest, feel respected, and have some ownership over their therapy experience.
Parents are an important part of that process, too.
Sometimes supporting a child means helping the adults around them understand what may be happening beneath the behavior.
Therapy for Adults
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, overwhelm, burnout, grief, relationship concerns, perfectionism, boundaries, life transitions, health-related stress, and major changes in their lives.
I also have a special interest in supporting parents and mothers who may feel like they are carrying everyone else's needs while quietly struggling themselves.
Sometimes you are functioning.
You're getting everything done.
Everyone thinks you're okay.
But inside, you're exhausted.
Therapy can give you a place where you don't have to hold everything together.
Therapy for Women & Mothers
Being a woman and becoming a mother can bring enormous changes—emotionally, physically, relationally, and personally.
I support women through experiences including:
Anxiety and overwhelm
Pregnancy and postpartum transitions
Infertility and reproductive journeys
Motherhood and parenting
Burnout and compassion fatigue
Perfectionism
Self-esteem and body image
Relationships and boundaries
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Health-related stress
You don't have to wait until everything falls apart before asking for support.
You are allowed to have a place that is just for you.
Therapy for Infertility & Chronic Illness
My own experience with infertility and choleric illness both have given me a particularly personal understanding of how complicated these journeys can be.
It is not simply about appointments, treatments, or decisions.
It can affect your relationship with your body, your partner, your family, your identity, and your hopes for the future.
There can be a quiet grief even when there isn't a loss that other people can easily see.
There can be hope and heartbreak at the same time.
Therapy can provide a place to process those emotions without having to minimize them or explain them away.
A Whole-Person Perspective
I believe therapy works best when we consider the whole person.
Your thoughts matter.
Your emotions matter.
Your relationships matter.
Your experiences matter.
And your body matters, too.
Sometimes our minds understand something long before our bodies catch up.
That is one reason I incorporate somatic-informed and nervous-system-informed approaches when they are appropriate.
The goal isn't to force yourself to calm down or “fix” your nervous system.
It's about becoming more aware of what you're experiencing and developing a deeper understanding of yourself.
You Don't Have to Have It All Figured Out
I don't expect you to walk into therapy knowing exactly what you need.
You may have a diagnosis.
You may not.
You may know exactly what brought you here.
Or you may simply know:
“I don't feel like myself anymore.”
That's enough.
You don't have to tell your story perfectly.
You don't have to know what to say.
And you don't have to have everything figured out before you begin.
We'll start where you are.
What You Can Expect From Me
I want my clients to feel safe, respected, understood, and genuinely cared for.
Therapy is a collaborative process. You know yourself better than anyone, and my role is not to tell you who you should be.
My role is to help you understand yourself more deeply, work through what is getting in the way, develop tools that actually fit your life, and create space for meaningful change.
There may be difficult conversations.
There may be tears.
There may also be laughter.
There may be moments when something finally makes sense.
And there may be times when progress looks much smaller than you expected.
That's okay.
We don't have to rush it.
If You're Ready to Begin
You don't need to know exactly what you need before reaching out.
You can simply tell me:
“I'm not sure where to start.”
That's a perfectly good place to start.
I work with children, teens, adults, women, mothers, couples, and families in Tampa, Jacksonville, and throughout Florida through telehealth.
If you're looking for a therapist who will see you as a whole person—not just a diagnosis or a problem to solve—I would be honored to talk with you.
With warmth,
Stephanie Moir, LMHC, LPC, CRC, Coach
Serene Mind Counseling + Evaluations
Tampa & Jacksonville, Florida
In-person and virtual therapy
👉 Schedule a session today to begin your healing journey.
Stephanie’s Link for Online Sessions is: https://doxy.me/serenemind
Therapist Availability: Accepting new counseling clients for individual online and in person sessions in Florida. Virtual sessions are also available in Utah and Massachusetts.
Mrs. Stephanie would love to support you in the following specialty areas:
