About Us

Meet your Therapist

  • Steph, MA, LADC, LPCC

    Executive Director/Therapist

    Stephanie earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Criminal Justice: Client Services from Rasmussen College. She also received a Master’s degree in Integrated Recovery for Co-occurring Disorders Counseling from Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies. Stephanie has experience working in the fields of Criminal Justice, Social and Human Services, and mental health/addiction counseling over the last 10 years. She is currently a licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LADC), and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). Stephanie has experience working with diverse populations in a wide range of settings, including dual-diagnosis care. Stephanie finds it important to take a person-centered approach in all of her work and prides herself in meeting clients where they are at and walking alongside them in their unique journey so that they can become the best versions of themselves. Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys family time and traveling.

MISSION, VISION, & VALUES

Mission

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Enlightened Path Behavioral Health & Wellness, LLC, is a private practice for individual counseling, founded by Stephanie Kandie, MA, LADC, LPCC in 2021. We strive to meet clients where they are at on their unique mental health and chemical health recovery journeys through a lens of respect, non-judgment, education, empowerment, guidance, and equality. We understand that our clients are the experts of their lives and aim to serve as the guide for mental and chemical health and wellness, and work to empower everyone to make choices that benefit their unique recovery journeys.

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Vision

Although we are the professionals here, we are also human! That means that we understand that coming to therapy can seem daunting and overwhelming at first. We aim to provide a space where everyone can learn, share, and grow on their unique journeys when it comes to mental and chemical health. We strive to be the preferred healthcare provider for mental and chemical health for our clients and promise to deliver the same level of care that we would want for ourselves and our family.

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Values

With over 12 years of experience in the mental health/chemical health fields and across the social services spectrum, we at Enlightened Path Behavioral Health & Wellness, LLC pride ourselves on the unique therapeutic relationships we develop with clients that guides the work we do. We are dedicated to guiding clients on their unique mental/chemical health recovery journeys and do so by walking alongside them in the process. Our values include: Providing unconventional individualized therapy, and meeting clients where they are at from a harm-reduction lens. To provide accessible, affordable, and appropriate therapy services to all clients equally with integrity, honesty, care, respect, and heart. We value the relationships we create here, as they serve as the cornerstone for the work we do and promise to always put those relationships and the well-being of clients first.