Space Between Counseling Services - Susan Stork, CST

Space Between Counseling Services - Susan Stork, CST Modern Therapy for Teens + Relationships + S*xual Health + Group Work

📍Maryland + FL + NM 🧿

Susan Stork is a ASSECT Certified S*x Therapist + Relationship Therapist + founder of Space Between Counseling Services in Baltimore, Maryland. Space Between Counseling Services (SBCS):

Our Team:

Specializing in counseling for individuals + couples using Stan Tatkin’s PACT approach + s*x-positive, trauma-informed practices, with 9 therapists at SBCS help you move through the muck of modern life --> into a life of deeper purpose + connection + awareness. Susan offers client work in � states - via Telehealth + Face to Face in MD
Maryland (LCPC) + New Mexico (LPCC) + Delaware (LPCMH) + Florida via �

Our SBCS Team offers mostly Telehealth in the State of Maryland - some Face to Face - email: Contact@SpaceBetweenCounselingServices.com for up-to-date information. Specialties: https://www.spacebetweencounselingservices.com/nine-areas-of-work

We’re hiring, but time is running out. ⏳High-functioning. High-load. Real life. ⚡️🧠🌍15+ years in the work… refining, rec...
04/04/2026

We’re hiring, but time is running out. ⏳

High-functioning. High-load. Real life. ⚡️🧠🌍

15+ years in the work… refining, recalibrating, staying relational. (2nd career therapist)

Clients. Couples. Families. Systems.
The ecosystems that hold it all.

11 years building Space Between Counseling Services from the ground up… not just a business, but a living, breathing relational therapy ecosystem. 🌱🏙️

We are neighborhood therapists.
We support the movers and shapers of our communities…
and we train clinicians who can actually hold that level of complexity.

Our clients reflect that level:
⚖️ Lawyers
🧪 Epidemiologists
🩺 Nurses across all levels, from LPN to PhD
🎓 PhDs across disciplines, including institutions of learning and writing
🎨 Professional artist and budding ones 🖌️
✍️ Writers with Wikipedia pages
🏫 High-level university staff
💻 Software engineers + multiple types of engineers
🏛️ Federal and state government professionals… some at levels where we do not even fully know what they do
✈️ Commercial pilots and aviation families, holding the unique rhythms, absences, time zones, and relational strain that comes with that life

And also…

🌈 S*x workers and healers alike
🖤 Members of s*xual minority populations
⛓️ B**M and kink communities
🤍 And as vanilla as you can be

We hold a full spectrum of the human experience.

People who think for a living.

And often…
have lost access to their bodies, their relationships, or both.

Brilliant in thought, or in creating
but hitting edges in relational systems…

struggling to see their own blind spots
without skilled, attuned guidance to help illuminate them.

That is the work you are stepping into if
You apply with SBCS.



Along the way…

By staying in rooms most people exit,
by tracking what others miss,
by holding tension instead of relieving it too fast…

✨ We have trained and launched some of the brightest s*x and relational therapists in Maryland.

Not because it’s trendy.
Not because it’s easy.

Because we do not look away.

We train clinicians to sit in complexity,
to tolerate discomfort,
to see the system, not just the symptom.

🧩 Depth over performance
💫 Substance over speed

And we hold that same level of expectation inside our own team.



And now…

This is MY final hiring cohort.

Training and supervision led by Abby Smith 🎓

Mentorship will be assigned based on:
your interests
your specialty
your availability

You may work with Daniya, Kat… or directly with me.
We are building this in real time.
Thoughtfully. Experimentally. Relationally. 🧩

Not replicas.
Not extensions.
Your own voice. Your own way. 🎯

Grounded in a deeply defined style,
with hard-earned lessons integrated as your roadmap.



📣 Timing matters.

We already have 3 interviews scheduled.

Submit your phone call + video by 4/15
Interviews run 4/15 – 5/1

2–4 spots.



How we build clinicians:

🚫 No burnout volume model
🎯 Real caseload building
⚠️ Not for surface-level work

📖 Intentional pacing
🤝 Relational accountability



Behind the scenes:

🧘‍♀️ Session caps with intention
⏳ Time respected
💬 Human conversations, not hierarchy

💳 HSA + FSA integration
🧠 Out-of-network strategy
🔄 Practice not controlled by insurance

Because depth without sustainability burns out fast. 🔥➡️🕊️



High-capacity clinicians.
Complex humans.
Work that actually meets both. ✨



Not your first step.
A defining one. 🎯



If this is landing for you… 🛬

Schedule your phone call ☎️ with N***y to get more information.

Start Here ➡️ Follow the POP UP.

https://www.spacebetweencounselingservices.com/

Photos ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Abby Smith (now in year 7, started as an LG) ✨
with Susan Stork (founder and lead therapist for 11 years 🏙️) ready to turn the wheel over to the next generations 🔄 and step into a crone sage role for guidance 🫂🌒

CA 125 Testing via bloodwork 🩸💉A number I did not expect to know this intimately.📊 Normal Range 0-35 - my oncology nurse...
04/03/2026

CA 125 Testing via bloodwork 🩸💉
A number I did not expect to know this intimately.

📊 Normal Range 0-35 - my oncology nurse stated today she has never seen a ZERO.

Not the whole story,
but a marker that tracks patterns over time.

Used in ovarian, endometrial, and endometrioid adenocarcinoma cancer care,
not diagnostic on its own,
but part of the conversation.

Here is how it has spoken in my body:

190
Before I knew the tumor held cancer,
there were 4 pounds of it sitting on my left o***y.
How long.. don’t fully know.

The same o***y I had checked at 35.
The same o***y I could feel, month after month.
Every menstrual cycle.
Every ovulation.

My body was talking.
I just did not yet have the language for what it was saying.

And I cannot help but wonder
if when my perimenopausal symptoms began, then
something in my genetic landscape shifted.

Something that had been quiet
no longer was.

97
after my radical hysterectomy at 46 (more in this later) and debulking.

Debulking included removing my omentum and four lymph nodes,
all negative for cancer,
but not without cost.
It comes with a higher risk of
(more on that later).

At the time of surgery,
I did not yet know I had
But I had enough anecdotal + familial evidence on my mother’s side
to know keeping my ovaries did not feel like the right choice.

Later, I blood tested positive for Lynch syndrome.
My surgical tissue, however, tested negative.

Medicine + intuition in conversation working together.

☠️Chemo enters: CA 125 numbers

12 after chemo 1
8.9 after chemo 2
7.5 after chemo 3

A downward rhythm.
A body responding.

🧠 What I am learning:

Numbers are not certainty.
They are trends.
One piece of a much larger landscape.

Scans, symptoms, intuition, and team
all matter.

Numbers intrigue me…
Apparently, I am now someone who casually tracks decimals like it is a personality trait.

I love a plot twist 🌪️

Still here.
Still watching the numbers.

🫂🌒🐦‍⬛
SMS

⏳ 14 days.That’s what’s left to click the link and decide: are you going to do therapy the deep way… or the fast way?If ...
04/01/2026

⏳ 14 days.

That’s what’s left to click the link and decide: are you going to do therapy the deep way… or the fast way?

If you are a newly graduating LG
(first career, second career, third life awakening… all welcome ✨),
this is your window.

At Space Between Counseling Services, we built a 3 year fellowship for clinicians who don’t just want a job… they want a practice, a voice, and a backbone.

This is not agency pace.
This is distillery work. 🥃🔥

✨ Year 1: Foundation
Learn how to actually be with people,
not just document them.
Individual and group supervision 🧠
Mentorship 🤝
Retreats 🌲
Real training in ethics, notes, risk, telehealth, and alliance building

✨ Year 2: Diversity + Wellness
Dismantling oppression
Intersectionality lived, not just labeled
Burnout prevention that actually works 🫀
Community and team building 👥

✨ Year 3: Specialization
Choose your lane:
S*xual health work ❤️
Couples and relationship work 💞
OCD
Sand tray and play therapy 🧸
Advanced training and retreats ✈️
You become known for something

✨ Throughout:
You are not alone 🤍
You are not guessing.
You are not breaking quietly in a corner.

We catch things early.
We name patterns.
We work with your shadow (yes, really 🌘).
We build clinicians who can sustain a career, not just survive one.

💰 Early salary support (3 months, then evaluated as needed)
🧾 Opportunities for admin work while waiting for LG approval
🩺 Contributions to insurance for full time clinicians
🧠 Deep supervision ecosystem
🌆 Baltimore rooted, community built
👥 Small cohort (2 to 4 people… this is intentional)

📊 And… we have the data:
11 years of building this in real time.
We have taken LGs from less than $20,000 a year to more than $200,000 a year inside a group practice when they follow the mentorship.

⚠️ Real talk:
We already have 3 strong candidates lined up for interviews.
We are only bringing in 2 to 4.

This is for the ones who feel it:

“I don’t want to burn out in 2 years.” 😮‍💨
“I want to actually get good at this.” 🔥
“I want to build something that lasts.” 🏗️
“I want a strong foundation so I don’t have to depend on third party insurance for the rest of my life.”
“I don’t want my specialty dictated by insurance payments.”
“I need flexibility, whether for chronic illness or life, and still want to grow.” 🤍

If that’s you… we have flex for you.

⏳ 14 days left.
Click the link.
Read it twice.
Then decide if you’re ready to be forged. 🔥⚒️

https://www.spacebetweencounselingservices.com/

*xTherapy

The “sandwich generation” is about to become a triple decker reality 🥪Kids.Parents.Grandparents.All needing care, at the...
03/31/2026

The “sandwich generation” is about to become a triple decker reality 🥪

Kids.
Parents.
Grandparents.

All needing care, at the same time.

And we are asking humans to hold this inside of a healthcare system that is already tired… and a culture that still whispers,
“you should be able to handle it.”

No.

This is not a personal failure.
This is a systems strain.

👀👀👀
In the therapy room, I am already seeing it.

Couples + Families stretched thin.
Adult children becoming caregivers overnight.
Grief that has no clean ending.
Love and resentment sitting in the same chair.

And underneath it all… one quiet question:

➡️ Where do I exist in my own life?

We built a world that rewards .
But life is asking for interdependence 🎉🔑💌

We were never meant to do this alone.

So if you are in it,
or about to be in it,

You are not behind.
You are not failing.
You are inside of a moment that requires more support than most of us were ever taught to ask for.

🫂

03/26/2026

Blooms 🌸, Spring Feels 💨, Historic Holding Spot 🪟, and Moonshine 🌒

Spring Cleaning 🧹 💨🪟👁️‍🗨️
03/23/2026

Spring Cleaning 🧹 💨🪟👁️‍🗨️

Highlight of my DAY :   This is a bird that: • survives by blending, not shining • navigates by feel, not force • appear...
03/21/2026

Highlight of my DAY :

This is a bird that:
• survives by blending, not shining
• navigates by feel, not force
• appears briefly, then moves on
• lives between hidden + visible worlds

And biologically speaking…
it was exactly doing what it’s supposed to do:

➡️ migrating
➡️ pausing
➡️ using whatever patch of ground is available
➡️ trusting its body to guide the next move

Chemo week 3 🧬This is the week that didn’t politely knock. It came in and rearranged my mental 🧠, emotional ❤️, and exis...
03/21/2026

Chemo week 3 🧬

This is the week that didn’t politely knock. It came in and rearranged my mental 🧠, emotional ❤️, and existential 🌒 landscapes.

Weeks 1 and 2… I could find myself again in a couple of days.
This one took 3 maybe 4.
And even now, I’m not all the way back. Just… enough.

Enough to get dressed 👖
Enough to come into the office 🏢
Enough to sit with two humans 🤍🤍 and do the work I believe in

But underneath it all:
how am I going to do weeks 4, 5, and 6?

Before session today, I saw an American woodcock 🐦

On the ground.
In the city.
Not flashy. Not performing. Just… existing.

A different kind of bird for Baltimore 🏙️
Mustard brown with little black dots… like it was stitched to disappear
Long, straight beak
Eyes set high… seeing more than most

It didn’t look like it belonged until I realized… it absolutely did.
Just passing through. Migrating.
Choosing this exact patch of ground for a moment in its long journey 🍂

A threshold bird 🌒
Dusk walker
Built to sense what’s underneath the surface

And I felt it.

Because this week, I am not the version of me that moves quickly or brightly or predictably.
I am slower
Lower to the ground
Listening more than speaking
Finding my way by feel, not force

Not performing
Just existing
Just moving through a hard stretch

And maybe that counts 🤍

Maybe “enough” is the assignment right now

To show up in pieces
To cancel what needs canceling
To keep what matters
To trust that the body knows something the mind is still catching up to

And one more layer…

The photo of the American woodcock here wasn’t taken by me 📸
But when I went to figure out what I saw, I realized I already had this image saved… from March 2019

Something in me had seen it before
and tucked it away

Like my subconscious whispered:
remember this one… you’ll need it later

And here it is

Chemo week 3 is not graceful
But it is real

And today, so was I





Address

16 W. Hamilton Street
Baltimore, MD
21201

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 9pm
Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 7am - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 9pm
Friday 7am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

Telephone

+14432405207

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Space Between Counseling Services

Susan Stork, LCPC, NCC is a Relationship Therapist + S*x Therapist + founder Space Between Counseling Services in Baltimore City, Maryland - 21201. Susan works with Type A’s + Creatives as they balance modern burdens, schedules, s*xual health concerns, stress / burnout, and the modern challenges found at times within + among modern relationships. Our Team at SBCS specializes in counseling for individuals + couples using Stan Tatkin’s PACT approach directly + in supervision.

Susan and her team of clinical associates at SBCS help their clients move through the muck of life and into deeper purpose + connection though traditional talk therapy / holding space, Brainspotting, s*x therapy, and experiential couples + family work (90 + minutes).

SBCS TEAM

Noelle Benach, LCPC - Individual + Couples + Family