Stephanie M. Sullivan, MS, LMFT

06/05/2026

06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

We are celebrating with these words of support and solidarity from APA President Dr. Wendi Williams.

05/29/2026

05/12/2026

The goal isn't for your client to need you forever. It's to make yourself unnecessary. 💙

Alison Seponara reminds us that a client can only retain information, build new habits, and develop real self-awareness when they're inside their window of tolerance. That's not just a treatment planning consideration. That's the whole game.

When a client is flooded or shut down, the session isn't landing the way you think it is. 🧠 Regulation comes first. Always.

Ask yourself: Is my client actually inside their window right now? Or am I teaching, processing, and assigning homework to a nervous system that can't receive it?

Your job is to help them build a toolkit they can use without you. That's the win. 💪

Ready to go deeper? Alison Seponara's FREE upcoming training with PESI gives you the integrative CBT framework to help anxious clients regulate, rewire, and heal—inside the session and beyond it. 🔗 Click here to register completely free: https://bit.ly/4dCHkSU

05/04/2026

10 conditions linked to endometriosis! 🎗〽️💛

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04/01/2026

I am deeply disappointed in yesterday’s Supreme Court decision. Conversion therapy is a harmful practice with with evidence of leading to worse mental health outcomes including increased risk of su***de.

If you do come across a provider offering conversion therapy, while it may no longer be illegal, I encourage you to report them to their state licensing board; all major medical/mental health associations condemn conversion therapy as it is not consistent with the standard of care or the ethical obligation to do no harm. This issue is not about free speech - it is about a clinician’s professional conduct and obligation to do no harm.

As a therapist, I will continue to offer evidence-based, affirmative therapy for my clients.

01/23/2026

You’re not broken if you have random thoughts of clients off the clock- you’re human. 🩷

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11/23/2025

Recent updates to the CDC website suggesting a link between vaccines and autism contradict the scientific consensus that autism has complex, multifactorial origins involving genetic, biological, and environmental interactions.

APA Services is committed to advocating for policies and research priorities that uphold rigorous standards for research and communication and actively counter misinformation and stigma.

Read more here: https://at.apa.org/ayg

11/16/2025

08/07/2024

I’m excited to announce that I will be facilitating a consultation group for therapists who are interested in working with polyamorous clients, beginning in September. This group will be capped at 6 participants. Please feel free to reach out with any questions, or if you would like to register. Thank you!