The Present Moment Is Paramount to Healing

Stephanie’s great joy is guiding individuals and couples through a process of mindful self-awareness and growth toward healing, change, confidence and tranquility.

Stephanie has a focus and intention towards supporting those who suffer with trauma, which includes EMDR therapy, the Flash Technique and the Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy. EMDR and its extended preparation techniques are a highly specialized therapy process which supports actual healing through a neurological reprocessing of the traumatic event which then releases your heightened, current day sensitivities. Stephanie is also very passionate about her work with couples, having trained specifically in The Gottman Method, and EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples), Stephanie as well seeks to support those who are in high pressure careers which has resulted in exhaustion and self-doubt. Thus, she has embraced treatment modalities such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, which best support these particular struggles.

A Little about Stephanie

Stephanie’s primary theoretical approaches are based in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Dialectal Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Positive Psychology, as well as Systems Theory to understand the client’s full worldview and how they relate with others. These theoretical approaches are evidence-based and resulted in statistically significant results. Stephanie is an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Clinician, and she also has advanced Flash Technique and advanced DNMS training.

In addition, she has advanced training in The Gottman Method for couples, and she is EFCT trained (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (final Externship in April 2024). She received her advanced standing clinical Master of Social Work from The University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and received her Bachelor of Social Work from The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She is a member of The National Association of Social Work (NASW), EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).

Stephanie lives in Bentonville, but she spent a decade living in California when working in the corporate world, so in her travels and careers she has found a love for art, culture, mindfulness and all things beaches, mountains and sunsets.