There is something beautiful and inspiring about participating in another person’s healing journey and growth. I enjoy helping people find new ways of coping with adversity, developing ways to manage intense emotions, build healthier, stronger relationships and participate in activities that make their lives enjoyable and meaningful. Since 2003, I have worked in a variety of clinical treatment settings with adolescents and adults. I have Master’s degrees in Social Work with an emphasis on mental health, and Counseling with an emphasis on career counseling. I am a Certified Advanced Drug and Alcohol Counselor and licensed in the state of Michigan. I have trained extensively and on an ongoing basis in modalities of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Prolonged Exposure, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing.
I take an integrative approach to wellness, recognizing that many strategies people use to cope with traumatic situations and overwhelming feelings developed for understandable reasons. When those coping strategies are no longer useful or in fact start to cause other problems, we all have the capacity to learn new ways of coping. I look forward to discussing how we can collaborate to help you reach your goals.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Communication problems, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dissociation, Family of Origin Issues, First Responder Issues, Guilt and shame, Life purpose, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
MI LMSW 6801087661
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Stephany is awesome and she makes me feel like I'm understood
Written on Apr 01, 2021 after therapy with Stephany for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd