Steph Specializes in Grief and Loss, Trauma Recovery and Life Transitions.

Steph is a firm believer that all humans are worthy of being seen, heard, and loved. She aims to create a sense of acceptance and understanding in all relationships, both personally and professionally, and feels particularly passionate about bringing this nonjudgmental attitude into her work with clients experiencing shame. Her greatest honor thus far as a professional is being invited into clients’ darkest moments and trusted enough to offer an experience of acceptance and hope.

Steph also practices from the simple perspective that people make sense. We all do what we do for a reason, and with extensive training in Family Systems Theory, she emphasizes the impact of the family system as well as other cultural systems at play throughout childhood and adolescence in her work with adults, couples, and families. Sadly, this history all too often includes various forms of abuse, neglect, and/or loss; therefore Steph utilizes a trauma informed approach, emphasizing nervous system stabilization while employing narrative therapy, attachment theory, and Internal Family Systems Therapy.

Steph’s specialties include: Anxiety, Grief and Loss, Prenatal/Perinatal Trauma as well as Postpartum Issues, Life Transitions, Family issues, and Spiritual Crisis/Trauma.

Steph is a proud former educator, who credits the teaching profession with igniting a flame for understanding human behavior. Her years as a teacher led her to Richmont Graduate University, where she obtained a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy. She also holds a Bachelors of Science in Foreign Language Education from the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs! And thank you teachers!). She’s her best self when traveling with friends and/or family, riding bikes with her three eager kiddos, and attending live sporting events of any kind. She also enjoys working out, a good book, a good coffee even more than the book, a quiet house, and her cat.

“How we relate in the inner world will be how we relate in the outer. If we can appreciate and have compassion for our parts, even for the ones we’ve considered to be enemies, we can do the same for people who resemble them.”
―Richard C. Schwartz