The Blog

This holiday season, I have much to be thankful for.  A healthy family, loving parents (not everyone has that), and a growing business. On Thanksgiving Day, I was surprised at how many clients took a minute to send me a message thanking me for my commitment to helping...

Hijacking airplanes, trains, and ships …. That is relatively infrequent these days!!! Hijacking Relationship Complaints, well that is another story. Many people are not paying any attention to who makes a relationship complaint first, and they give a defensive...

It was a busy evening at my Relationship Repair Shop… This is the name I affectionately call my private practice in the suburbs of Washington DC.  Although it was over 7 years ago, I still remember the solution-focused approach I creatively tried out with a stuck...

Most of my customers tell me at some point in our journey that therapy is work!!!  I agree... it is not easy to work on healing your relationships and issues.  Many therapists have gone to their own therapist as required by our ethics code, so we completely understand...

As you know from my homepage at www.drstephanieonline.com, we promote repairing your relationship with self. Every so often this means some self-care in addition to whatever therapy you are doing.  After all, it’s tough to focus on yourself without some TLC and...

Unhealthy control can manifest itself in different ways, however in some cases it can be when a parent or spouse or a friend simply will not listen to you. Some people are so controlling of other people that they will say things such as, “you shouldn’t feel that way”...

We are co-facilitating a Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Support Group at Capital Women's Care in Maple Lawn.  It will be on Mondays at 7:30 pm beginning on November 4, 2019.  The group is a nonjudgmental therapeutic support group for Mothers with children 2 and...

We are looking for a new full time or part time therapist (LGMFT, LGPC, LCMFT, or LCPC) at our Howard County and Upper Marlboro locations.  All therapists are being hired as employees.  Guaranteed pay is available while therapist is building a caseload. We have a...

It's Mental Health Awareness Week.  Here's what that means to me... As a society, we have become more knowledgeable and accepting in recent years that people struggle with mental health concerns ... Diagnosis such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, adjustment...

Today, I was working with a client who really regrets putting his parents as a priority over his wife for the first years of their relationship.  He is now doing a lot of repair work on his marriage and learning how to set healthy boundaries with his parents. When...