Stephanie is a Level 3 Certified IFS Therapist living in Costa Rica. She specialises in working with clients who have experienced early developmental abuse or neglect, especially those who have experiences with a disorganised parent.

Stephanie is specifically interested in how the therapeutic relationship can be used to offer a container for protectors to test out if relationships can truly be safe. In her classes she teaches highly nuanced ways of being ‘in the relational space’ and working with the client’s transference, to allow parts to feel fully welcomed and honoured so they begin to relax and know there is a Self in their own system also.

Stephanie has extensive experience in working with clients who interface with mental health services and is currently undertaking research on IFS for psychosis, through the University of California San Francisco, with co-investigator Professor Ian Whitmarsh.