Stephanie M Marko, MD

At Stephanie M. Marko, M.D., LLC, we are dedicated to providing high-quality, personalized care to adults in the greater Cleveland area. Our board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Stephanie Marko, founded this practice with the goal of offering comprehensive, patient-centered psychotherapy and medication management. We serve patients in Cleveland, Beachwood, Shaker Heights, Chagrin Falls, and surrounding communities with offices located in Beachwood.

Dr. Marko completed her psychiatry residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill and graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School with an M.D. and from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in molecular biology. She has specialized training in working with pregnant and postpartum women, and she is certified to prescribe medications to treat opiate addiction in conjunction with therapy and counseling.

Our practice focuses on understanding who you are, what problems you are encountering, and how these problems are impacting your life. We are committed to providing comprehensive, personalized assessments and offering patients the best options for treatment.

Our Services

We offer a range of services to meet the diverse needs of our patients. These include:

General Psychiatry

Dr. Marko has extensive experience in treating a variety of mental health conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and adjustment disorders. She strives to keep up-to-date in the understanding and treatment of these conditions and to understand the impact of these conditions on an individual.

Attention Deficit

Difficulty with maintaining focus, shifting attention, and completing projects may be signs of ADHD. Dr. Marko works with patients to accurately diagnose the cause of attention problems and to get the symptoms under better control.

Pregnancy and Postpartum

Dr. Marko has specialized training working with pregnant and postpartum women. She offers pre-pregnancy consultations as well as treatment during the peripartum period.

Suboxone and Addiction

Dr. Marko is certified to prescribe medications to treat opiate addiction in conjunction with therapy and counseling. She understands the difficulty of quitting painkillers and other drugs and has seen how life-changing Suboxone treatment can be.

Treatment FAQs

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a form of talk therapy that focuses on the way an individual's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected and influence each other. The goal of therapy is to identify inaccurate and negative thoughts and self-defeating behaviors, to develop specific skills to combat these thoughts and behaviors, and by doing so, to improve mood, anxiety, or other difficulties.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of talk therapy that allows a person to look at some of the connections between past experiences and current situation. It is based on the idea that unconscious factors effects behavior. It is a gradual process that helps in the development of self-awareness and insight.

At Stephanie M. Marko, M.D., LLC, we are dedicated to providing the highest quality care to our patients. We believe that by understanding who you are, what problems you are encountering, and how these problems are impacting your life, we can offer you the best options for treatment. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you in obtaining your goals.