Your role is…
To be ready to take an honest look inside yourself, and make some changes.
To practice putting words to your internal experience as best you can.
To show up to sessions each week.
To let me know if things are working (or not working).
To be willing to do some of the work beyond the therapy hour.
About Me
Hi, I’m Stephanie!
My role is…
To be a guide who both supports and challenges.
To help identify obstacles to change and work collaboratively to develop new strategies that are effective and focus on strengthening relationships.
I will do my best to communicate as clearly as I can.
To co-create a compassionate container and help you slow down.
Bring my years of experience, both professional and lived, into our sessions to give you a framework for exploring, process, and embodying safe ways of being.
Not to “fix” you, because you’re not broken. You’re a whole human being containing everything you need to live a rich and meaningful life.
Below is a list of some of the concerns that individuals bring to therapy. While not a comprehensive list, this provides some ideas of issues we might address together:
Attachment and how it plays out in relationships - Our attachment styles from childhood guide us and shape how we show up in relationships; with friends, with colleagues, and with intimate partners. We can explore how to ally with your attachment style and increase attunement with self and others.
Family & parenting challenges - We can work together to deepen your connection with yourself and with your loved ones, in order to bring more play and ease in the relationship and family realm.
Conflict with: family of origin / chosen family / intimate partner / general interpersonal conflict
While conflict is normal, it’s very challenging to engage with in everyday life. Let’s join together to utilize the “language of the heart” – nonviolent communication / compassionate communication – to deconstruct the issues at hand and to increase self-connection and connection with others.
Anxiety and depression - 1 in 5 Americans experience a challenge related to mental health each year. If you are noticing any shifts in your mood and/or sleeping/eating patterns it’s important to get support right away.
Grief and loss - Grief and loss are a natural part of a long life, and is made easier with support along the way. I can easily support you through the challenges of the grief and loss process.
Stress management - Life is stressful nowadays and stress management is more important than ever. Let’s talk more about how you can achieve the life balance you deserve.
Life transitions - New job? Job loss? Recent move? New baby? While some of these situations are chosen and positive in nature, they fall into the category of change or transition, which can be stressful. If your recent life transition has triggered concerning symptoms or patterns we can examine how to get you back on track.
My background:
I received my Master's in Social Work from The University of Michigan and my BA in International Development Studies and Gender Studies from Calvin University
Before becoming a therapist, I worked within the non-profit community development sector; around food sovereignty and food systems work; community organizing, and arts-based education
I grow vegetables, flowers, trees, and native plants at an urban farm, Moonseed Garden, in Detroit, Michigan
I’m an artist—I build and restore stained glass panels and windows
Specialty Certifications:
I primarily work individually with adults and some groups. I welcome all aspects of people including race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, age, religion, body, size, and ability.
"...to begin always anew, to make, to reconstruct, and to not spoil, to refuse to bureaucratize the mind, to understand and to live life as a process--live to become..."
—paulo friere
