Developmental Psychotherapy

Developmental Psychotherapy - developed by Pioneers who integrated the Science of Love into Psychotherapy - Movement now Going Global. Join Us!

Welcome to Developmental Psychotherapy, where a revolutionary, science-based theory of "human development and love" is used to ENRICH LIVES and RELATIONSHIPS. It heals individuals, families, and marriages, helps parenting, one's physical health, and aging.

Therapists; potential clients; or those interested in using our Mental Health App -

Compare the traditional psychotherapeutic approach with our developmental approach.

Typical Psychotherapeutic Approach		Developmental Psychotherapeutic Approach
.Something is broken = find it / fix it		You are not broken = Need Tools to deal with problems
Talk about Problems = Focus on the Past		Experience the Present = Focus on the Future = Learn to use the new tools and thrive
Brings up a Lot of Sadness		Creates a Lot of Hope = Helps accept the Sadness
.Looks to Assign Blame and Fault		Encourages Forgiveness with Self and Others
Often Adds to Depression		Often Creates Lots of Energy
Aggravates Important Relationships		Heals All Important Relationships
Positive Results in a Couple of Years - or none		Positive Results in a Couple of Months - or money back
Marriages End with Divorce Lawyers		Marriages are Most Often Healed or go to Mediation
Divorces Tend to be Ugly / Costly		Divorces End with Mediators

Holistic doctor Ivel De Freitas, MD calls Deutsch ‘The Father of the Science of Love’ - having theorized LOVE AS NOURISHMENT and UNCONDITIONAL BEHAVIOR as the only avenue toward having a positive relationship with Self and Others. His theory, postulated over 35 years ago, has now been supported by the scientific research of such acclaimed researchers as B. Fredrickson, J. Luby, J. Watson, H. Hendrix, E. Selhub, T. Field. Cancer survival rates are better, as well as Deutsch's own IRB approved, clinical trial at Danbuty Hospital, CT. results, that highlight that teaching doctors, nurses, and residents how take better care of themselves through self-love works. The result were accepted by both the American Medical Association. and the American Psychology Association.

Stefan Deutsch is a therapist who other psychotherapists seek out for advice and to study with! His revolutionary theories of human development and love are being accepted and researched and utilized around the globe. He is a speaker in demand at major national and international conferences of psychotherapy, psychology, counseling, family therapy and more recently for corporate wellness programs.

Shawn Rubin, PhD, President of Division 32 of the American Psychological Association, Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Washington University, said the following, after attending Deutsch's 2-hour workshop at the Pittsburgh conference for the Society of Humanistic Psychology on integrating the theory of love into psychotherapeutic interventions;

“I am not a religious man, but G-d bless you for your work on love.”

3 weeks later he emailed Deutsch; “I want to thank you again for your critically-important work. It has helped me and my patients and brought a more loving consciousness to all of our lives. Your theory and tools are intrinsic to any healing.”

Deutsch is one of the few therapists who understands the need people have to feel hopeful about results right from the start. To assure that happens he encourages therapists to have sessions that are 1 1/2 hours long, even if they charge a little more than other therapists charge for their 45-50 minute sessions. Patients' progress goes twice as fast. When peope hear about love being nourishment, and get permission to love self in a mentally healthy way, they recognize it as the root of their problems and the answer they have always been looking for.

His brilliant new approach and compassion for his clients’ needs have made him in demand around the globe. And his success has given birth to a mental health mobile App, now on Apple and Google, that focuses on preventing mental illness. 35 years of clinincal work led to developing, over an 8-year span, an App that functions like a college course. It is 21 weeks long, touching on 21 different aspects of mental health, each week requires 7 days of micro-reflections on self-love. Sound like a lot of work?! Not really! There are 4 mini-interactions a day - morning breakfast, lunch time, dinner time and bed time - that take only 5 minutes a day TOTAL! It generates permanent change without imposing on your time. Miraculous no...it is based on the latest science of personal growth!

2 years of BETA testing with students from 56 universities; with psychotherapists and their patients; and the general public have been successful. We have hundreds of testimonials. Apple and Google have given Deutsch and GHD,Inc. the green light to release the App in January of 2026.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.GlobalHumanDevelopment.LoveDecodedApp IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/love-decoded-public/id6677038851 You can start with Steps 1-7, or Steps 1-14, or download the whole app Steps 1-21, and change your life.

Whether you are looking to make a good relationship great, or solve some worrisome issues, 45-50 minute sessions have been shown to fall far short of helping people achieve noticeable progress. So why does the counseling/coaching profession insist on continuing this practice? Because it allows a therapist to see more people in those hours when most people are available - mornings, evenings, weekends. Clients have to go 3 times longer for ordinary therapy to produce the same results as Developmental Psychotherapy!

Our breakthrough methods have been acknowledged nationally and internationally and taught at major human development and psychotherapy conferences.

Developmental Psychotherapy has been specifically designed to have people;

learn to love themselves, their spouse, and families unconditionally;
learn to further develop their inner awareness of their loveable qualities,
master effective communication skills for sending and listening unconditionally,
master problems by envisioning, how to lovingly deal with issues in relationships,

all in order to create a permanent shift in the quality of their life. Deutsch believes that is the foundation for enriching good relationships as well as dealing with all other problems like arguing, spending money, parenting, intimacy, anxiety, fear, co-dependency, and so forth.

What Dr. Roberta Karant, of Stony Brook University, a colleague for many years, says about Deutsch;

“I heard Stefan Deutsch give a talk about his ideas years ago and my first reaction was, ‘Wow. I had never heard concepts on human development, psychotherapy or love that were so simple and made so much commen sense. Simple, intuitive, experiential, logical – but most of all – they rang true. I thought this is someone I have to work with – he is going to change the world.’ I’ve been working with Stefan Deutsch ever since, and have witnessed the power of his ideas in our work as well as in my own practice and life firsthand. A lot of people are called Foremost Experts in this or that field. I don’t believe it applies to anyone more than Stefan as far as the realms of love, loving, enriching good relationships, healing stuck ones, or developing human potential are concerned."

What Dr. Ivel De Freitas, MD, holistic interenist and expert in intergrative medicine says:

"I was fully convinced that what my successful practice, the love my clients, family and friends, gave me was a clear sign of my having mastered love. When I heard Stefan explain his theory of love I had to admit that there was something missing in my understanding of love and healing. I immediately asked him to teach me his ideas and invited him to work with me on clinical trials to help doctors, nurses and resident manage their stress and prevent the burn-out epidemic in the medical community. Since then my clients have greatly benefitted from his theory as has my relationships with my children, my husband, and most significantly, myself."

Developmental Psychotherapy is the only program to use your undeveloped potential to love and to grow, as a teaching/healing tool.  

Deutsch is President of Global Development Company, Inc. - click here - a 501(c)3 non-profit, educational research organization, that has been in existence for 35 years.

To access his Theory of Love click here.

You are welcome to email us at - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to set up an appointment regarding volunteering, collaborating, or to have Deutsch speak or keynote at your conference or workplace. His appearances have been followed by many standing applauses.

To see a typical presentation on relationships, Click here.