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DR.
STEPHANIE
Marriage Therapist and
Relationship Coach
Premarital Counselor and Dating Coach
Divorce Mediator
Psychotherapist
Child Therapist
Tantrum Stopper Coach and Presenter
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Marriage
Therapist and Relationship Coach
As
a member of the National Registry of Marriage Friendly
Therapists, http://www.marriagefriendlytherapists.com,
I am in the business of doing all that I can to save
marriages! What
this means is that I am a Pro-Commitment Marriage Therapist.
Except for situations where there is abuse, substance
abuse, or infidelities that cannot be resolved, I am committed
to helping promote your marriage or relationship.
Couples often worry that I will take sides during
relationship coaching, however it is important to remember
that I am on no one’s side. I am on the side of your relationship! You know the term “it takes two to tango.”
I want to help both of you make necessary changes to
improve your relationship.
One
of the joys of my life is helping couples save their
marriages. I get sentimental just thinking about some of the
couples who came to me on the brink of divorce who have
successfully achieved making their marriage work.
What a blessing it is to their children, their parents,
their extended family, and their community when their marriage
is happy and whole. I believe that when couples are working
together as a team, they reap one of life's greatest benefits:
that of a lasting partnership. They also give their children a
treasured and precious gift.
I often use a program called ENRICH to help couples who
want to create a better marriage. See website at www.prepare-enrich.com.
I also use Relationship Enhancement Therapy which
focuses on helping couples communicate with greater empathy
and understanding. I
coach couples on how to resolve disagreements and conflicts in
their relationship by using strategies from Dr. John Gottman,
one of our country’s top research scientists in the area of
marriage communication. The
end goal is to help you communicate more effectively and
resolve future differences. I aim to help you and your partner
achieve the level of teamwork, intimacy, and happiness that
you desire!
In
addition to five years of training in marriage and family
therapy to achieve both a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. (See
my biography HERE),
I have completed the following trainings to enhance my skills
at being able to help couples resolve conflict and increase
intimacy and teamwork.
"Good and Bad Couples Therapy: How to do the first and avoid the second" By William Doherty, Ph.D. February 1, 2008 Columbia, MD
PREPARE/ENRICH
Training One-Day Seminar. September
26, 2006. Life Innovations,
Inc. Rockville, MD.
Assisting
Couples in Crisis. June 24, 2005. University
of Maryland Department of Social Work. Baltimore, MD.
Relationship Enhancement Therapy for Couples and Families. June
16, 2005.
University
of Maryland Department of Social Work. Baltimore, MD.
Divorce Busting: Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy With Couples
by Michele
Weiner-Davis. January 30,
1998, Denver, CO.
REQUEST FOR SERVICE(S)
*Fee $120 per 45 minute session Marriage/Relationship
Coaching. Most insurances do not cover marriage counseling or relationship coaching, however, if you would like a receipt after your session to submit to the insurance company to see if you can get some of your sessions reimbursed, please inform Dr. Stephanie you would like a receipt at your visit.
*Sessions
can be scheduled for 90 minutes or longer.
After the first office visit, I can come to your house
if needed. However,
the same fee applies to time I spend traveling.
*Fee
Enrich Program $75 (cost of test and my time to review
results)
Upon submitting
payment you will
be contacted within 48 hours to schedule your first
appointment – or you may contact Dr. Stephanie's office directly
at 301-490-1011.
**If
for some reason you decide that you are not satisfied with Dr.
Stephanie’s coaching after your first session(s), you will
still be charged $120 per session, but the remainder will be
refunded to you.
REQUEST FOR AN APPOINTMENT
If you would not like to sign-up for Marriage/Relationship Coaching
now, but would like Dr. Stephanie or her assistant to
contact you directly to provide more information or to schedule
a one-time appointment, please complete the form below:
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