HI, I AM STEPHANIE…
I am a licensed psychotherapist based in Venice Beach with over 20 years of clinical experience spanning the fields of health and wellness, postpartum transition, chronic illness, fertility, adoption, foster care, childbirth trauma/NICU, and individual, child and family therapy. I am psychodynamically oriented and believe that truly effective treatment must be customized to your unique self and needs. As such, I draw from a blend of evidence-based modalities, including mindfulness training, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic/body based techniques. I have expertise in addressing life transitions, depression, anxiety, postpartum adjustment and perinatal mood disorders, chronic pain, fertility, traumatic birth and NICU, adoption, parenting and attachment. My approach is intuitive, holistic, compassionate, and approachable. I am inspired by mind body integration, inner child healing, and cultivating self love. I offer a concrete path towards developing inner self-compassion, which is the scientifically supported healing ingredient in freeing up the burdened parts of ourselves.
“I’ve walked alongside women from all corners of life, through countless valleys and peaks. I know our hero’s journey well, and I’ve walked a journey of my own, through fertility, childbirth, motherhood, postpartum depression and recovery, and overcoming chronic back pain. It was through the study and integration of pain psychology and the neurological aspects of psychotherapy that I literally re-wired my brain to reduce and extinguish the pain symptoms I experienced daily. It is profoundly life changing. My dream is to empower you to heal your pain too, both physically and emotionally.”