About Stacy
Stacy Braiuca is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience in Missouri. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and difficult life changes. Stacy aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through problems and set concrete goals. Stacy focuses on helping people build better coping skills, improve communication, and strengthen self-esteem.
Background and approach
Sessions move at the client's pace and prioritize what feels most useful right now. Stacy uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the work focused on the client's priorities.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to notice patterns of thinking and try small experiments that change behavior. Mindfulness and motivational strategies are woven in when helpful, and hypnotherapy may be offered as an additional tool for some concerns. Stacy adapts her methods to each situation rather than following a fixed script.
The result is practical, down-to-earth support that aims to reduce distress and increase daily functioning. People seeking help for mood disorders, grief, relationship strain, chronic pain or identity concerns will find direct, compassionate care. Stacy helps with both short-term problems and longer-term personal growth.
She works with clients respectfully and without judgment as they make changes that matter to them.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Stacy commonly uses client-centered therapy to keep the work focused on what the client values most. This means conversations center on the client's goals, and the pace and topics are guided by the person seeking help. Client-centered work helps with issues like self-esteem, life transitions, and feeling heard.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into clear parts: thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try practical changes that reduce anxiety, depression, or daily avoidance. That approach often pairs well with brief skill-building and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Stacy will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then shape a plan together. She adjusts methods over time based on what is working and what is not, keeping the client in charge of choices.
Online therapy offers a range of formats that fit different needs. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging can support ongoing coaching-style work and quick tools between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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