Stephen G. Wartel is the author of the Relationship Surveys and Memory Reconsolidation web apps. He earned his master’s degree in social work (MSW) in 1976, is licensed as a clinical social worker in New York (LCSW). He completed a 3-year postgraduate training program in couple and family therapy at the Ackerman Institute for the Family (1984).

Mr. Wartel has authored 2 articles in the professional journal, Families in Society and served as a consulting editor for the journal. In 2011, a co-authored article appeared in the journal, Social Work in Public Health. In 2020, he authored the eBook, Facilitated Self-Help Guide: A Professional Guide for Technology-Assisted Behavioral Healthcare, Pandemic and Beyond. In 2023, he authored the eBook, Facilitated Self-Help Guide: A Professional Guide for Technology-Assisted Behavioral Healthcare: Revised Edition.

His experience has included clinical practice and supervision, leadership for behavioral health and social services programs, delivering training courses, developing eLearning materials and facilitating self-help to promote learning and health.