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Darcy Sterling

Darcy Sterling
Born
Darcy Smith

(1969-09-16) September 16, 1969 (age 55)
Livingston, NJ
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Clinical social worker
  • relationship expert
  • TV personality
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Stephanie Koncicki
​
(m. 2009)​
Websiteaskdrdarcy.com

Darcy Sterling (born Darcy Smith, September 16, 1969) is an American clinical social worker, relationship expert and television personality. She co-owns the New York City-based group practice Alternatives Counseling. Sterling is the host and relationship expert on the E! network series Famously Single, and the former Global Ambassador for the dating app,Tinder. One of the most widely quoted relationship therapists in the country, Sterling frequently contributes expert advise to national outlets including Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Condé Nast, HuffPost, and many more publications.

Early life and education

Sterling was born in Livingston, New Jersey. She graduated from Columbia University in 1996 with a master's degree in social work, and received a Ph.D. from the New York University School of Social Work in 2006.[1][2][3]

Career

Counseling

Sterling began practicing as a clinical social worker in 1996. Two years later, she formed Alternatives Counseling in New Jersey. Now located in New York City, the practice specializes in teaching relationship skills to individuals and couples, with an emphasis on positive psychology and Imago relationship therapy.[1]

Press

Sterling writes an advice blog, Ask Dr. Darcy, which appears on her website. It was featured in GO magazine from 2008 to 2015,[4] and in Psychology Today starting in 2011.[5] In 2009, she was named one of GO magazine's 100 Women We Love.[2] Sterling has also written for The Huffington Post,[6] and her advice has been highlighted in Woman's Day[7], Experience Life magazine,[8] Bustle, People, INSIDER, Well + Good, and more. She has been interviewed on podcasts including "Works for Us with Rachel Zoe and Rodger Berman", "Workin' On It with Meghan Trainor & Ryan Trainor", "Viall Files", and Us Weekly's Bachelor Podcast - "Here For The Right Reasons".

Television

Sterling made her national television debut in 2011, providing expert commentary on "When Women Kill", an E! Entertainment special profiling female criminals.[9]

She is the host and relationship expert on the E! reality television series Famously Single, which premiered on June 14, 2016, and features a cast of eight celebrities living together for a month. Sterling leads the participants in group and individual exercises designed to help them work out personal issues at the root of their romantic problems.[10][11][12]

Personal life

In 2009, two months after a civil ceremony in Connecticut, Sterling married Stephanie Koncicki in Manhattan in a Jewish ceremony.[13] Their married name, Sterling, was taken in honor of a family of Holocaust victims with no surviving members.[14] They live in New York City.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Kergan Edwards-Stout, "Move Over, 'Dear Abby': 'Ask Dr. Darcy' Is Straight Talk for the Gay Community," Huffington Post, May 1, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Cheryl Burke, "100 Women We Love: Class of 2009," GO, June 12, 2009.
  3. ^ Jessie Sholl, "The 5 Best Ways to Build Resiliency," Experience Life, September 2011.
  4. ^ "Mental Health Advice: Dr. Darcy Sterling," GO, September 22, 2015.
  5. ^ "5 Rules For LGBT Dating," Psychology Today, February 2, 2016.
  6. ^ Dr. Darcy Sterling, "Shame Less," Huffington Post, October 2, 2013.
  7. ^ Arianne Cohen, "Confronting Your Clutter Conundrums," Woman's Day, April 2011.
  8. ^ Jessie Sholl, "Shutting Shame Down," Experience Life, October 2013.
  9. ^ When Women Kill, E! Entertainment, 2011.
  10. ^ Anne Easton, "'Famously Single' Exec-Producer: 'This Is Not the Bachelorette'," The New York Observer, July 19, 2016.
  11. ^ Kate Stanhope, "E! Orders 'Famously Single' to Series," The Hollywood Reporter, November 9, 2015.
  12. ^ Esther Lee, "Dr. Darcy Sterling Explains Why the 'Famously Single' Cast Can't Find Love," The Knot News, June 14, 2016.
  13. ^ "Keeping Up With the Sterlings". GoMag. February 18, 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  14. ^ Lauren Golfer and Kat Long, "Keeping Up With the Sterlings," GO, February 18, 2011.
  15. ^ Famously Single Dating Profiles: Dr. Darcy Sterling, E! Online. Accessed August 6, 2016.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darcy_Sterling