Rick Stolp, Ph.D. has been providing psychological services and presenting educational workshops for over 20 years. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology in 1983 and has trained extensively in the area of family and couples therapy. Rick is an Advanced Clinician, a faculty member and Clinical Instructor at Imago Relationships International and trains clinicians for certification as an Imago Therapist and Certified Imago Workshop presenter throughoput the world. In his private practice, he works extensively with couples and folks dealing with relationship issues and specializes in group therapy. Rick is a member of the American Psychological Association, and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and a member of Imago Relationships International.
Rick comments, "Though I have trained and utilize various approaches in order to customize my work to the individual or couple in my office, I work primarily as an Imago Therapist. In Imago therapy, you uncover the past hurts that continue to influence your life today. You survived these hurts by adopting certain defenses. While these defenses may have saved you from pain years ago, they are now limiting your life and actually causing you pain. My desire is to help you grow beyond your hurts and defenses. allowing you to be freer, have more options, and really enjoy your life. You can read more about Imago Relationship Therapy in the books Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and Keeping the Love You Find: A Guide for Singles, both by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and by linking to this website: gettingtheloveyouwant.com."
Rick is published in the Journal of Sex Research, and the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy. Additionally, he has self-published A Model for Couples Group Therapy along with his colleague Sandy Canfield.
Rick and Sherry trained with Harville Hendrix in 1990 and 1991, and have been presenting the Getting the Love You Want Workshops for Couples since 1992. Over 100 workshops later, they both are still energized by helping couples learn the tools and skills to help them negotiate the power struggle, heal old hurts, put their relationship at the center of their lives and commit to a new conscious, loving, and passionate coupleship. The workshop is designed for couples in any stage of relationship - those preparing to enter a committed relationship, those wanting to make an ok coupleship great, as well as those struggling and looking for answers. Many folks who have come through the workshop end up offering the workshop to their children who are preparing for marriage! You can read more about the workshop by clicking on the Workshop button to your left.
Sherry Stolp, MA, LPCA has been working with Rick for over 20 years during the Getting the Love You Want workshops. She is a Certified Imago Educator, a Certified Imago Workshop Presenter and has maintained a private practice as a couples coach since 2008. She has a passion for helping couples navigate the problems inherent to all committed relationships. Sherry has said that she wants to change the world and feels like the best way to accomplish this is to save JUST ONE CHILD the pain of watching his or her world fall apart as they endure their parent's separation and divorce. Just one child experiencing, instead, the model of dialogical problem solving and the safety and intentionality present in a conscious, committed coupleship will change the life of that child, and potentially, the world.
Because of her commitment to children, and especially her commitment to her own children, Sherry waited until Richard, 21, and Deanna, 19, were in the last couple of years of high school before going back to graduate school herself. Sherry received her Master's in Professional Counseling in 2009 and is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate. Her private practice is supervised by Patty Roberts, LPCS. After completion of 3000 hours of supervised practice, Sherry will drop the associate designation.
Sherry considers her personal style warm and down to earth. She continues, "clients tell me that I am easy to talk to and that they feel understood. I see myself as being emotionally stable, friendly but serious about our therapeutic partnership and highly passionate regarding your emotional welfare. While our work focuses on your psychological well-being, I do consider the holistic contribution of physical, spiritual and social factors. My professional strengths are the result of a master’s degree in professional counseling, intensive training in Imago Relationship Therapy, personal therapy, and 20 years of professional experience as a Getting the Love You Want workshop leader, couples coach, and educator. Intuition that is very well informed guides my therapeutic approach within a psychodynamic foundation. Our environment is warm, relaxed and supportive, You can be assured I will hold our work in the highest confidence. I believe that psychotherapy can be a profound and potentially life-changing experience. I feel humbled to be able to significantly help others resolve problems and to give them tools to enjoy a life of contentment and happiness. I look forward to helping you."
Rick and Sherry are available for speaking engagements at churches, civic groups, educational events and professional groups. If you would like them to present for your group, you may contact them at (919) 571-0917 or at rickstolp@msn.com or sherrystolp@msn.com.
