Associate Professor of Counseling Education
Dr. Molly Stehn is an associate professor of counseling in the department of Social and Behavioral
Sciences. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri and is a Licensed
Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Ohio. She is board certified in providing telemental
health (BC-TMH). Dr. Stehn teaches graduate courses across the CACREP core curriculum,
including foundations of counseling, crisis intervention, trauma counseling, and theories courses.
Dr. Stehn began her academic career as assistant professor of counseling at Webster University in
St. Louis and was eventually promoted to associate professor. In addition to her academic work,
Dr. Stehn is the owner of Inner Harmony Counseling in Kirkwood, Missouri, and has previously
worked as a therapist at the Portland DBT Institute (PDBTI) in Portland, Oregon and St. Louis DBT in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Stehn completed her Master of Arts in Counseling and her Doctor of Education in Counselor
Education and Supervision at the University of Cincinnati. She was intensively trained in dialectical
behavior therapy (DBT) from Behavioral Tech and DBT adherence training with Melanie Harned. She
received intensive training in DBT-PE with Dr. Melanie Harned and in consultation with Annie Hall.
Prior to going into counseling, she trained as a classical singer, having earned a Master of Music at
the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.
Dr. Stehn frequently presents at national, regional, and state professional counseling conferences,
and particularly enjoys supporting students in professional presentations. Her research interests
include DBT, ecological counseling, relational-cultural theory, the scholarship of teaching and
learning, assessment of student learning, and creative approaches to counselor education,
research, and clinical practice.
Stehn, M. & Tang, M. (2018). A feminist qualitative investigation of dialectical behavior therapy skills group as context for fostering intrapersonal growth. Journal of Counselor Practice. 9(2),77–108. DOI:10.22229/mos902112
Stehn, M. (2018). A brilliant but frosty solution: Frozen® as an allegory for the central relational paradox. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 13, 254-261. DOI:10.1080/15401383.2018.1426509
Stehn, M. (2014). One woman’s development and resilience in the face of complex trauma: A relational-cultural description of growth through counseling. Adultspan, 13(2), 120-128.Stehn, M. & Wilson, F. R. (2012). Ambivalence: The tension between “yes” and “no”. Journal of Creativity and Mental Health, 7(1), 83-94.
