Stephanie Robertson-Owner

MA, LPC, EMDR trained

314-252-8683

inspirechangestl@gmail.com

It is helpful to get to know who you will be working with in the intimate setting that therapy provides. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor who graduated from Lindenwood Unversity in Missouri with my Masters of Arts in Professional Counseling in 2012. There I studied about relationship issues, psychological 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 scope of care.  We achieve this by not leaning first on referrals for medication, but rather encouraging clients to get bloodwork done to look at hormonal functioning, stress effects on the body and gut and other potential somatic connections with mental functioning. Professionals we refer to include nurse practitioners, functional doctors, naturopathic doctors and nutritionists who specialize in toxin reduction as well as healthy eating. Medicine is a supplement to treatment and clients are not pushed away from it, but they get to learn other potential ways of healing. 

I am passionate about the holistic functioning of the body: 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? I am now serving two locations in Chesterfield, MO via telemedicine and Scottsdale, AZ in person where I am living full time. I remain dual licensed in both states and have four therapists available in Chesterfield for in-person therapy. 

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. 

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 along side 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 on life.