Hi, I’m Steph!
I’m a counselor, coach, musician, and writer.
After growing up and spending the first chapter of my career up and down the California coast, immersed in the music industry and developing my creative voice, I began to recognize that the thread connecting it all was a deep curiosity about the human experience. I found myself drawn both to shaping that experience into story and song, and to walking alongside others as they move through life’s liminal spaces of change, loss, and becoming.
Now - I work primarily in San Diego, with ongoing creative and collaborative ties to the San Francisco Bay Area through the East Bay and San Diego Mindfulness Centers. My practice is informed by existential, narrative, creative, somatic, and mindfulness-based approaches, with a particular orientation toward grief, identity, and life transitions; I have a special passion for bringing music and creativity to this work, for working with creatives of all types, and for end of life spaces through my work in hospice and current training as a Death Doula.
Across my work, I’m interested in creating spaces where people can feel, connect, and make meaning of life’s journey. I create story-driven folk music as Lucky Lamond, rooted in Irish storytelling and grief traditions, and contribute to Backline’s work building a mentally healthier music industry. I also co-founded the Women of NAMM podcast ReVoicing the Future.
My writing (and the occasional musical demo or piano improv!) lives on Substack, where I explore creativity, meaning-making, and the natural patterns that shape how we move through the world.
Education
Alliant International University
Master’s in Clinical Counseling
Graduated 2026
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Graduate Certificate, Finding Ourselves in Fairytales: A Narrative Psychological Approach
with Dr. Sharon Blackie
The Embody Lab
Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate
Projected Completion September 2026
Sacred Crossings
Death Doula Certificate Training Program
Projected Completion June 2026
Chapman University
BA, Psychology
Minor, Integrated Educational Studies
Graduated 2015