Meet Stephanie

STEPHANIE GODWIN

Owner, MA, LMFT #37FI00185300

I am a certified EMDR therapist and consultant through EMDRIA. I offer specialized care in the treatment of trauma/ PTSD, anxiety, and complex relationship issues. Relationships are hard and are often the foundation of a lot of our pain. Some of the issues I often work with are:

• healing from narcissistic abuse

• navigating through people pleasing/ co-dependency

• navigating distress following infidelity

• how present day life can trigger our childhood wounds/ attachment trauma

  ( i.e. through parenting, our partners, bosses, strangers on the road, it comes out in a host of unsuspecting ways)

• poor self- worth

• eating and body image issues

One of my core principles is to see you in context of the entirety of your story and all the systems that have influenced who you are today. The beauty of this type of approach is you are not your symptoms. Our bodies sometimes don’t know what to do with the pain we carry inside. This internal weight can come out in a number of ways that may not even make sense to us. 

Often when we experience abuse, rejection, neglect, or overwhelming life events the effects can look like; anxiety, depression, difficulty with sleeping, eating disorders, addiction, struggles with sex and relationships. 

I specialize in a type of trauma therapy called Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This is a unique type of psychotherapy that often allows clients to process through their pain in a way that traditional talk therapy does not always afford. IFS (Internal Family Systems) and working with parts in another key element of my work with clients as well as referring to other practitioners when appropriate such as; dietitians, physical therapists, chiropractors etc to honor you as a whole person.

I truly believe you already have everything you need to heal inside of you. Therapy is a unique environment designed to point you to the inner wholeness you had all along. 

Specialized Training 

Certified EMDR Therapist and Certified Consultant

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): A transformative and evidence based psychotherapy focusing on healing the effects of traumatic memories. In addition to completing all the requirements for certification I have completed ongoing training in treating complex trauma, dissociation, and PTSD.

Theories of Influence & Experience

Internal Family Systems (IFS): A unique therapy model which upholds that all people inherently have within them the power they need to heal. IFS gives us language for working with the wounded and protective parts of our system that may be keeping us stuck and help those parts find their way back to that internal power to heal. 

Systems Theory: A compassionate approach which holds at it’s core that even the most complex presentations of mental illness can be understood by looking at an individual in context of all the complex cultural and familial influences beginning from childhood. 

Eating Disorder Spectrum: Experience working on an outpatient clinical team treating the spectrum of individuals struggling with food & body related issues. 

Substance Abuse and Dependency: Experience working in a partial hospitalization program with co-occurring disorders. 

Education 

Professional Diploma, Marriage and Family Therapy — Kean University

MA, Psychology — Kean University 

BA, Psychology — Kean University 

Professional Affiliations

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) 

CA Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT)