Stephanie Burton, LMHC

Stephanie Burton, LMHC Dedicated to fostering healing and growth through a unique blend of mental health content and tools, storytelling and digital design services.

I’ve been revisiting Rugrats. My therapist brain has been buzzing as I watch my favorite childhood cartoon with a new le...
12/02/2025

I’ve been revisiting Rugrats. My therapist brain has been buzzing as I watch my favorite childhood cartoon with a new lens. ☺️

Even our favorite childhood characters were shaped by their homes, their caregivers, and the environments they grew up in.

Swipe through to see how parenting, birth order, and emotional climate show up in the tiniest places.

11/28/2025

*SQUEALING WITH EXCITEMENT*

The feeling of holding the very first printed copy of my self-published and designed book…GRATEFUL and HOPEFUL!!

Sisterhood and Seasons will be available for purchase very soon!! Stay connected for launch date details!

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As we soon approach the official launch date announcement, I wanted to take a moment to share my why—and to offer a smal...
11/18/2025

As we soon approach the official launch date announcement, I wanted to take a moment to share my why—and to offer a small glimpse of what you can expect when you purchase and work through the “Sisterhood and Seasons” Workbook.

Being an only child, I didn’t have the built-in besties that some people grow up with. What I did have was the freedom to create community with people I chose, and people who chose me. From an early age, I cherished that. Especially with girls—and eventually women—who look like me. Still, like any human relationship, there were moments of discomfort, confusion, and disconnect. I’d replay conversations in my head, avoid hard moments, or get stuck in feelings I didn’t yet have language for. And if I’m honest, sometimes I was just scared.

Now, as an adult with both lived experience and clinical training, I’m learning how to name those moments—how to understand the seasons of our friendships. And I wanted to share what I’ve learned. My hope is that what has held and helped me will hold and help someone else, too.

Why “Sisterhood and Seasons”?
Because our friendships really do move in seasons. The four parts of this workbook mirror those rhythms:

🍂 Part One: Fall – Homecoming Season
Where we explore the comfort sisterhood brings, while also acknowledging the shifts—changes in beliefs, values, identity, and how those transitions impact our friendships.

❄️ Part Two: Winter – The Coldest Sister Ever
A season that names the icy places of friendship wounds—betrayal, competition, insecurity, and the pain we don’t always want to talk about but deeply feel.

🌱 Part Three: Spring – No Shade, Just Growth
A space for navigating the aftermath. That awkward coexistence in shared spaces with distant or former friends. The tension between growth and grief. Learning to choose honesty over self-silencing.

☀️ Part Four: Summer – Reunions, Second Chances & Self-Care
A season of healing—whether that means reconciling a friendship, redefining it, or tending to your own heart with gentleness and wisdom.

My prayer and intention are that in sharing this, you’ll feel invited to reflect on the seasons your own friendships may be in. Perhaps even to journal about it as we prepare for launch day.

May this work help us grow, grieve, reconnect, release—and ultimately root ourselves in healthier, more honest sisterhood.

Sooo excited to share the cover art of my upcoming, very first print book: “Sisterhood and Seasons Workbook: Reflections...
11/14/2025

Sooo excited to share the cover art of my upcoming, very first print book: “Sisterhood and Seasons Workbook: Reflections and Practices for the Seasons of Black Women’s Friendships.”

I designed this cover myself, and the book will be self-published — a labor of love, intention, and creative freedom. My copy editor, Crystal Nero, described this project as “a lovely way to honor the beauty and complexity of Black sisterhood.” I look forward to sharing it with my community of beautiful Black sisters very soon! Be on the lookout for forthcoming release date details!

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Friendship among Black women is a source of joy, healing, and belonging—but even the deepest bonds move through seasons. We celebrate the blooming moments, yet when winter comes—when tension, distance, heartbreak, or even an unexpected breakup appears—silence often takes root. And navigating those moments can feel confusing, lonely, or tender in ways that are rarely spoken about.

Sisterhood and Seasons Workbook breaks that silence. Written by a Black woman Licensed Mental Health Counselor, it blends cultural wisdom with clinical insight to help you navigate the full cycle of friendship—the blooming, the pruning, and the renewal, including how to tend to friendship strain, repair after hurt, or grieve a friendship that has changed or ended. Through reflections, journaling prompts, and healing exercises, this workbook offers space, language, and tools to explore, mend, release, and strengthen your connections while honoring the meaningful bonds that make the shared experience of Black womanhood so beautiful.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, and I’m thinking especially of the Black women who hold this beautifully b...
11/06/2025

November is National Family Caregivers Month, and I’m thinking especially of the Black women who hold this beautifully bittersweet role.

This month, “Deeply Rooted: For Black Women Caregivers Growing in Grace, Grounded in Truth” is $5.99 (regularly $9.99) as a thank you and a reminder that your care matters, too.

Take a moment to return to yourself. Breathe. Journal. Be replenished.

Purchase & download on my website. Link in the comments. 💚🫶🏾




What an honor and a blessing to be part of such a special team! Thank you, Fort Wayne! 💚
10/13/2025

What an honor and a blessing to be part of such a special team! Thank you, Fort Wayne! 💚

Don’t play hot potato with your feelings.When difficult emotions show up—frustration, anger, disappointment, feeling cal...
10/03/2025

Don’t play hot potato with your feelings.

When difficult emotions show up—frustration, anger, disappointment, feeling called out or exposed—it can feel uncomfortable to hold them. The natural impulse is to toss them to someone else through projection, defensiveness, or blame. But when we do that, we often cause harm and miss the chance to grow.

Instead, try holding the “potato.” It may feel hot at first, but emotions cool with time. Trust that your nervous system will calm, and that you have the capacity to sit with your feelings without passing them off. That pause creates space for healing, accountability, and connection.



Words carry weight. As we close put Su***de Awareness Month, let’s choose language that opens doors to healing, not sham...
09/29/2025

Words carry weight. As we close put Su***de Awareness Month, let’s choose language that opens doors to healing, not shame.

Let’s talk with care. Let’s listen with compassion. Let’s remind each other: help and hope are always possible.

If you or someone you love is struggling, dial or text 9-8-8.

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