Introduction

Dr. Stoney is a highly-trained relationship therapist who works with individuals and couples at all stages of relationship. She has trained extensively in the top three models of couples therapy in the world: The Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Imago Therapy and has trained with the founders of each of these methodologies. Dr. Stoney is also extensively trained in the more recent models of couples therapy: PACT (the Psychobiological approach to Couples Therapy) and PET-C (Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy for Couples). She has also trained in person with other leaders in the field of couples therapy such as Michele Weiner-Davis, Drs. Sherod and Phyllis Miller, and Dr. Barry McCarthy, renowned sex therapist.

Couples Therapy

Most couples who seek therapy have known for some time that they have been disconnected. Affairs, chronic arguments, deceptions related to addictions, or disagreements related to the pressures of parenting, financial stress, and work responsibilities can lead to a divide that only grows if we don’t have the training to understand each other and know how to repair. This office is devoted to helping couples walk through difficulty with each other and learn to reach for each other instead of feel the distance and confusion grow. There are methods and ways of treating couples that offer a way to create stronger relationships after difficult times. Expect to work as a team with Dr. Stoney to see how you got where you are as well as how to find each other again

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Premarital Counseling

Preparing a couple for marriage requires the expertise of a therapist who knows the best research on healthy long-term relationships and has the tools to prepare a couple for success in the journey ahead. Dr. Stoney brings the wisdom of her own research as well as a clinical practice devoted to the treatment and healing of relationships. She uses the PREPARE Inventory  as well as many other ways of educating and working with couples to ensure that they know what it takes to love each other better over time as well as how to deal with the challenges that all couples face. This type of treatment is a gift that couples give to themselves. It is a gift that keeps giving over a lifetime of love and connection.

Individual Therapy

Dr. Stoney’s clinical expertise extends to helping individuals understand and repair relationships on their own, especially when a partner is not able or willing to participate. While there are varying opinions as to whether couples therapists should see the individuals alone in therapy, this office holds the proper clinical training to provide powerful clarity and a boost to your relationship health. Individual therapy in this office does not do harm to relationships. It clarifies and/or strengthens them. 
Dr. Stoney’s unique training offers individual clients the necessary tools to work toward healing a relationship as well as themselves, and that extends to repairing from relationships that have ended with confusion or hurt and unanswered questions. Your current and future relationships will thank you for taking the time to know yourself, your loved ones and the skills that are required in relationships on a much deeper level
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Online

Individual and couples relationship therapy in this office is provided exclusively online through teletherapy. The benefits of teletherapy include not having to commute to an office, the comfort of working from your home or any other private and confidential place that you choose, and not having to sit in an uncomfortable waiting room. You also have the benefit, if you are a couple, of being able to meet from different places if work and life require you to be apart for your session. 

Research has also consistently demonstrated that teletherapy is as effective as in-person therapy, has better attendance and creates equally satisfying therapist-client relationships to in-person meetings, so you can feel confident that you are receiving the highest quality of care for your relationship through teletherapy. 
Working with Dr. Stoney online is reserved for clients who live in Tennessee due to counseling licensure regulations. However, there is a push by the American Counseling Association that would enable expanding that reach. When there is greater availability, that will be reflected here as an option. Until then, Tennessee residency is required.

Dr. Stoney utilizes the HIPAA-compliant platform called Simple Practice which ensures the highest standards of privacy for your protected health information.

Fees/Payment

Dr. Stoney does not accept any type of health insurance for therapy or seminars.
A receipt for full payment can be prepared for clients who can check with their insurance company to see if reimbursement is possible.


Online Individual Therapy (60 minutes) - $150
Online Couples Therapy (60 minutes) - $175