Stephanie is a licensed psychotherapist, educator, and clinical supervisor with a particular interest in systemic case conceptualization, culturally responsive clinical practice, and integrating theory into therapist training. She holds an MS in Couples and Family Therapy from the University of Oregon and previously worked on a research team at the Oregon Social Learning Center studying intergenerational family dynamics. Before becoming a therapist, she earned a PhD in Geography and spent several years teaching, conducting research, and contributing to civil liberties public policy research in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe. Her academic work in geography and international studies examined how political, economic, cultural, and historical contexts shape people’s lives and collective responses to insecurity and crisis, including questions of power, inequality, and civil liberties.
In her clinical practice, Stephanie works with individuals, couples, and families on a range of issues, while attending to the interplay of individual experience, relationality, cultural context, and dynamics of power and inequality. Her approach is grounded in a systemic perspective and draws primarily on Internal Family Systems, Emotionally Focused Therapy, experiential approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and interpersonal frameworks. Integrating different aspects of her career and theoretical interests, Stephanie aims to help clinicians in training develop practical, hands-on skills and translate theoretical concepts into clinical formulation and intervention, so they can use what they learn with greater clarity and confidence in their work with clients.
