Hi, I’m Dr. Stephanie Thrower. My pronouns are she/her.
I provide coaching and consultation to help you be a more racially just professional.
I bring authenticity, education, and compassion when I work with individuals and organizations
I was given the gift to learn about race and culture at a very young age. I grew up in rural Oklahoma with a White Japanese interpreter mother, which prompted my journey of observing how we as humans behave around race, culture, privilege, and power.
My graduate school experience in Sport Psychology (MA), Mental Health Counseling (MA), and Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.) has been focused on learning about identity development, examining the systemic and cultural context around us, and helping individuals move toward purpose and liberation with courage.
The following are a few relevant published works:
Thrower, S. J.,Helms, J. E., Manosalvas, K. (2020). Exploring the role of context on racially responsive supervision: The racial identity social interaction model. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Vol 14(2).
Thrower, S. J., Helms, J. E., & Price, M. (2020). Racial Dynamics in Counselor Training: The Racial Identity Social Interaction Model. The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 13(1).
I have been providing race consultation and group facilitation since 2011. My early experiences facilitating small group classes on social justice and advocacy skill development inspired my first doctoral research study. Since then, I have been providing consultation, leading groups, and presentations to various academic, hospital and mental health settings. Most recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to facilitate year-long small group sessions within a program put on by the Yale Psychiatry Department called GROW: Get Racism Out of Work.
I am a therapist with a practice that focuses on mental health at the intersection of motherhood and career drawing heavily from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). In addition, I provide career coaching supporting individuals to prioritize purpose & values over perfectionism in order to combat burnout, increase impact, and connect more deeply with their career intuition.
Despite these different (seemingly disparate) parts of my work, the theoretical foundation of what I do is rooted in Dr. Helms’ scholarship and mentorship. Resisting white supremacy and the patriarchy is an essential part of increasing psychological flexibility, improving self-compassion and compassion with others, & deepening our relationships with others and ourselves.
Feel free to email me directly if you are interested in services tailored to your individual or organizational needs.