Daphne Stevens, Ph.D., LCSW

08/10/2026

The subconscious can communicate through the body when it believes the conscious self need guidance.
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Clinicians and patients should recognize and address the effects of the subconscious on physical health when a patient is first evaluated.

08/07/2026

Through entering into a dialogue with our deeper, wiser self, we can learn to say yes to our innate capacity for creativity, depth, integrity, and joyful living.
-Daphne Stevens, Ph.D.

08/06/2026

Daphne is a student of the soul. She learns from music and poetry, and she experiences healing through the language of symptoms and dreams

08/05/2026

Personal growth is, at its heart, soul-work.
Through entering into a dialogue with our deeper, wiser self, we can learn to say yes to our innate capacity for creativity, depth, integrity, and joyful living.
-Daphne Stevens, Ph.D.

08/04/2026

Sometimes a failed card
can make a place for itself
in an art journal.

08/04/2026

“Don’t worry. I’m not falling. I’m attached to something you can’t see.”

08/02/2026

The relationship between the subconscious and well-being is a very underappreciated association in medicine.
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Whether through prayer, ritual, community, or a therapeutic encounter, the meaning we attach to healing experiences shapes how our bodies respond.

07/25/2026

“Taps” rang out, played by a nephew. Al would have appreciated that.
Aaron delivered the eulogy. For those few minutes, the extroverted larger-than-life exuberance of the family was contained and held tenderly by the new “patriarch.” Aaron was devoted to his brother.

My brother Richard showed up—a welcome surprise. And he and I observed that yesterday would have been our father’s 105th birthday.
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It’s a lovely space grown up with massive ancient oaks, and graves that tell the story of a family and a country.

07/25/2026

The Cat Rescue and the Mosquitoes

I am resting after two nights of poor sleep, the result of a battalion of hungry mosquitoes who discovered me while Aaron and I were helping rescue my brother David's cat.

David is in Colorado. His wife Caroline is not what one would call a Cat Person. When their cat, Kitty, escaped outside the veterinarian's office, Caroline panicked. The cat, understandably interpreting this as evidence that civilization had collapsed, ran into the woods.

David called us for help. ⬇️⬇️

It was a perfect rescue until Aaron emerged from the woods carrying Kitty and Caroline began shrieking again. The startled cat transformed instantly into claws and teeth.

07/18/2026

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