Stephanie Hanneken, MA, LPC, EMDR trained- Owner

314-252-8683

inspirechangestl@gmail.com

It is helpful to get to know who you will be working within the intimate setting that therapy provides. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who graduated from Lindenwood University with my Masters of Arts in Professional Counseling in 2012. There I studied about relationships, disorders, social functioning impairments, cultural studies, diagnosis, and different therapeutic techniques. I have a passion for counseling and helping others and believe it is my calling to do so. My personal experience with anxiety and trauma, along with my education helps me connect closely with my clients and to have a level of empathy that my clients need.

I started Inspire Change Counseling, LLC in 2014 with the hopes of expanding into an integrative health care practice wherein clients get a multi-disciplinary mode of care. I believe in the body as a whole focusing on all aspects: mental, physical, social, emotional and spiritual. I say often that our brain is arguably the most important organ in the body, as it is the command center for the rest of our organs. If that is the case, why do we not put emphasis on its health and the ripple effect that it can have in our body and lives?

As a Certified Personal Trainer and a Corrective Exercise Specialist, I use my education and personal experience in the health field to incorporate the aforementioned integrative wellness care.  I believe medicine is important in a lot of cases, but also have enjoyed learning, teaching and personally using other coping skills that can be supplemental and supportive of medication in nature. I consider myself to be holistic in the sense that the body as a whole is treated with care. I work closely with chiropractors, nutritionists and psychiatric nurse practitioners in the area to understand what may be happening from a physiological perspective.

In my practice I specialize in treating anxiety disorders, trauma, and addiction and also work with depression, bipolar disorder/mood disorders, career counseling, add/ADHD and grief. I work with adolescents, teens, adults, couples, and families and use a personalized treatment modality with all of my clients. I am also trained in EMDR trauma therapy which is a specialty therapy where one is completely conscious and in charge and is able through the strength of the mind to desensitize and reprocess memories that affect us in the present. www.emdria.org

I truly believe that each person is an individual and therefore not every technique works for everyone. I begin my therapy with a comprehensive exploration of your history, social, psychological, familial, and physical. I help you come up with goals for therapy in order to begin to create a relationship centered on individual empowerment. Gathering information helps me to devise a treatment plan to better understand each individual.  The therapeutic relationship is a linear one which means I am an equal and am there to walk alongside you. I have a true passion for what I do and have seen people who feel hopeless and broken leave with extraordinary changes and a new outlook of life.