Stephanie Schmitz joined the University of Miami part-time in the fall of 2002, and has been a full time member of the Educational and Psychological Studies Department since January, 2006. She was the coordinator for the EPS undergraduate minor in Family and Human Services from 2006-2009, and co-chaired the task force developing the major in Human and Social Development. She began directing the Master’s Programs in Counseling in the fall of 2009. She has been an Assistant Clinical Professor since 2009.

Schmitz became involved with mental health practitioner training programs in 1987, and has been teaching graduate courses and conducting supervision since that time. She was an Associate Faculty member in Antioch New England Graduate School’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology from 1995-2000, and was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at East Carolina University from 2000-2002. Since 1995, Schmitz’s interests have focused increasingly on training effective therapists. She has taught a wide variety of clinically applied courses at the doctoral and master’s level, as well as undergraduate foundation courses.

Schmitz’s teaching interests are informed by over 20 years of clinical experience. She has worked primarily with adults and couples in private practice, and has held positions in a variety of other settings, including hospitals, the Vermont Department of Health, community mental health centers, and school systems. In addition to psychotherapy, she has extensive experience in testing, consultation, training, and the business of practice. Schmitz earned her degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987, and has been a licensed psychologist since that time. She is currently licensed in Florida, and has been licensed in Vermont, New Hampshire, and North Carolina as well. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.