Individual & couples counseling
For individuals working through anxiety, trauma, recovery, or life transitions—and couples seeking to understand patterns, repair trust, and communicate more clearly.
Explore counseling →Stephanie Overton, MS · The Dragonfly's Den
See the whole person. Find the next way forward.
Thoughtful individual and couples counseling, trauma-informed forensic and court-related services, and practical resources built for real life—not perfect lives.
MS in Forensic Psychology15+ years in behavioral health and forensic practiceWashington-based · Telehealth available
One practice. Distinct pathways.
Human work requires both skill and context.
People are more than a diagnosis, a conflict, a court file, or the hardest chapter of their lives.
The Dragonfly's Den brings clinical understanding, forensic experience, and practical tools together without losing sight of the person at the center. Each service has a clear process, a defined purpose, and an approach grounded in curiosity rather than judgment.
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You do not need to sort through every service. Start with the path that best fits what you need today.
Forensic & court-related work
For attorneys, courts, agencies, and professionals needing careful psychosocial inquiry, mitigation, assessment, consultation, or family-court support.
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For people who want structured, compassionate tools they can use privately, at their own pace, and return to when life gets noisy.
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Clear support for complicated situations.
Individual & couples counseling
Individual counseling offers space to work through anxiety, trauma, recovery, relationships, and life transitions. Couples counseling provides a balanced, accountable space to understand patterns, strengthen communication, repair trust, and clarify what comes next.
- Secure telehealth sessions
- Individual counseling: $165 per session
- Couples counseling: $185 per session
- SimplePractice scheduling and client portal
Mitigation & forensic consultation
Trauma-informed investigation and narrative development that places behavior within the person's developmental, psychological, family, and social context—without confusing context with excuse.
- Psychosocial history and mitigation reports
- Records review and collateral interviews
- Reentry planning and professional consultation
Assessment services
Behavioral-health and forensic-informed assessment grounded in careful interviewing, documentation, and the needs of the referring question.
- Behavioral-health assessment
- Psychosexual history and risk consultation
- Forensic evaluation fees based on scope
GAL & family-court services
Title 26 GAL–trained, with experience across child, family, behavioral-health, and court systems. Inquiries are welcome regarding jurisdiction, roster, and appointment requirements.
- Family-systems perspective
- Child-focused inquiry and reporting
- Private and county-paid appointment inquiries
“The story matters—especially the parts that are easiest to overlook.”
About Stephanie
Clinical understanding. Forensic depth. Plain human language.
Stephanie Overton, MS, is a forensic psychology professional, counselor, mitigation specialist, and program leader with more than 15 years of experience in behavioral health, forensic practice, and community-based services.
Her work has included individual and couples counseling, forensic assessment, psychosexual history, complex trauma, court-involved families, justice-involved populations, program development, clinical leadership, and collaboration with attorneys, courts, jails, child-serving systems, and community providers.
Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Forensic Psychology · Walden University
MS, Forensic Psychology · Walden University
BS, Criminal Justice, Forensic Psychology Focus
Trauma-Focused CBT training · MUSC
Articles
Useful ideas, explained in plain human language.
New educational article every other weekThoughtful education for people navigating relationships, anxiety, trauma, recovery, and complicated systems.
Articles connect clinical knowledge and real-world experience without reducing people to labels or promising simple answers to complex problems.
Latest article
When Anxiety Makes Everything Feel Urgent
Anxiety can make uncertainty feel like an emergency. This article explores how to tell the difference between something that needs immediate action and an internal alarm that has simply become very loud.
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When Caring Starts to Feel Like Carrying
What begins as helping can slowly become managing, fixing, and carrying responsibilities that were never entirely yours. This article looks at boundaries, guilt, caregiving, and more sustainable ways to support the people you love.
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You Don’t Have to Be in Crisis to Need Support
Support does not have to begin at the breaking point. This article explores the quieter signs that something deserves attention and the many forms meaningful support can take.
Read the articleCounseling & relationships
Communication patterns, trust, boundaries, repair, and the work of understanding one another.
Anxiety, trauma & recovery
Grounded explanations and practical ways to understand what the mind and body are doing.
Forensic & court-related insight
Clear education about context, mitigation, assessment, and the human stories behind systems.
Free tools & worksheets
Small tools for the moments when you need somewhere to begin.
Free, practical resources will be added here for grounding, reflection, communication, and emotional awareness.
Free worksheet
Pause Before You Act: Anxiety Urgency Check-In
A brief check-in to help you slow the moment down, separate discomfort from danger, and decide whether something truly needs action right now.
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My Mental Health Check-In
A gentle, one-page reflection for noticing how you are feeling, what is taking energy, and what support you may need today.
Download the worksheetGrounding & regulation
Simple practices for slowing down, reconnecting with the present, and making room for the next step.
Relationship prompts
Questions and exercises designed to support clearer communication, understanding, and repair.
New free downloads will be added as they are ready. These educational resources are not a substitute for individualized mental-health treatment or medical care.
Workbooks & guides
A workbook designed to be used—not completed perfectly.
The Dragonfly's Den Anxiety Workbook combines evidence-informed practices with creative, sensory, playful, and reflective tools. Readers can learn about anxiety, practice grounding and breathing, examine thought patterns, build courage, and create a personal anxiety toolkit.
It is educational and intended for personal growth. It is not a substitute for individualized mental-health treatment or medical care.
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