Stephanie Haskell (she/her)

Anxiety is often the thing that brings people to therapy, but it is rarely the whole story. It shows up as worry, hypervigilance, difficulty slowing down, or a persistent sense that something is wrong even when things look fine. I work with anxiety by getting curious about what it is protecting rather than trying to eliminate it. Most anxiety has a job. Understanding that job is how it finds other ways to do it, or finally gets to rest.

Burnout shows up differently depending on the context. Career burnout, caregiver exhaustion, and parenting depletion all share a common thread: you have been giving more than you can replenish. I work with burnout not as a productivity problem but as a signal worth understanding. Using IFS we look at the parts that may be contributing to the pattern, what they are protecting, and what becomes possible when they don't have to work so hard.

Trauma is not always the result of a single dramatic event. It can develop from repeated experiences, chronic stress, or circumstances that were never acknowledged as traumatic at the time. I work with both single incident trauma and more complex, layered histories using EMDR, which helps the brain finish processing what it could not at the time, and IFS, which addresses how trauma has shaped the way you relate to yourself. The goal is not just symptom reduction but lasting change at the source.

I am trained in EMDR and use it for trauma processing, anxiety, and experiences that feel disproportionately charged, stuck, or distressing. I use standard EMDR protocol, R-TEP for recent traumatic events, and the Flash Technique for material that feels too activating to approach directly. EMDR works well alongside IFS, and I integrate both when appropriate. I offer adjunctive EMDR for clients who are already working with a primary therapist

I am in the process of completing Level 1 IFS training and use it as my primary clinical framework. IFS offers a way of understanding the inner world that goes beyond symptom management. Every pattern, reaction, and coping behavior is treated as meaningful rather than something to fix or eliminate. I work with IFS because it creates the conditions for lasting change rather than better management, and because it meets people with curiosity rather than pathology.

I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy and use it when it fits the client and the work. EFT is rooted in attachment theory and focuses on the emotional experience underlying patterns and relational dynamics. I draw on it primarily in individual work to help clients understand and shift the emotional patterns that drive their responses, particularly in close relationships.