Stephanie Sligo-Baker, LICSW
Therapist in Minnesota
Stephanie Sligo-Baker is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota with 37 years of experience.
- Licensed inMinnesota
- License16534
- NPI 1861543894
- Experience37+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Stephanie
Stephanie Sligo-Baker is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota with 37 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs.
Stephanie listens first and then helps clients find practical steps forward. She uses a mix of approaches to match the problem - drawing on attachment ideas, cognitive tools, and skills for emotional regulation.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-directed, with real strategies you can use between meetings. She has long experience supporting people who face work-related trauma, including first responders and healthcare workers. She also helps with chronic health challenges, caregiver stress, and complex grief.
Stephanie pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns and focuses on building healthier connections and self-understanding. Her work includes support for people navigating identity and intimacy questions, body image and eating concerns, and sexual diversity including kink-related topics. She also helps with attention challenges, mood conditions such as bipolar disorder, and the practical impacts of chronic illness.
Stephanie adapts therapy to client needs and prefers a collaborative style. She aims to make therapy straightforward and usable so people can see steady progress in day-to-day life. If you want a steady, experienced guide for difficult moments, she offers an approach that balances empathy and practical skills.
Credentials
- LICSW (Minnesota)
- License 16534 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1861543894 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stephanie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stephanie names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and skills work online
Stephanie uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice how past relationships shape current feelings and behavior. That approach focuses on helping clients feel understood and then practice new ways of connecting and responding in relationships.She also employs client-centered therapy, which keeps the conversation grounded in the client's experience and goals. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration to make sessions feel relevant and personalized. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is another tool she uses to identify unhelpful thinking and develop concrete strategies to change patterns that maintain anxiety or depression.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then together you’ll try methods that fit. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked, so the plan stays practical and responsive.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or coping reminders between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and let you choose what works best for each moment.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Stephanie commonly address?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, and work-related trauma among other concerns.
How does she approach therapy and the work together?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered. She listens first, then uses attachment-based ideas, cognitive tools, and emotion regulation skills to create a plan that fits each person.
What is her professional background?
She has 37 years of professional experience and a long history of working with clients who face trauma, grief, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LICSW in Minnesota and practices with clients in that region.
In what language are sessions offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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