About Stacey
Dr. Stacey Shaw helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, and life changes. She supports work on relationships, intimacy concerns, career decisions, and depression.
Her attention also extends to caregiver strain, divorce and separation, and issues around money and workplace stress. She names multicultural concerns, prejudice, and young adult challenges among her areas of focus. Stacey uses practical conversations to identify strengths and next steps.
She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and helps them build on what already works.
Background and approach
Sessions are oriented toward clear goals and doable actions rather than long lectures. With 11 years of professional experience, Stacey holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Washington. She emphasizes a collaborative pace so people can move forward without feeling rushed.
The work tends to be straightforward and solution-focused while honoring each person's values. People meet her for help with addiction recovery, managing intense feelings, and rebuilding confidence after setbacks. She also supports those navigating career transitions, breakup and divorce, or conflicts tied to cultural identity.
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and create practical routines that fit daily life. Stacey frames change as a step-by-step process. She offers coaching-style guidance alongside therapeutic conversation.
The goal is to help clients leave sessions with one or two concrete things to try before the next meeting.
How her approaches work online and in practice
Stacey uses evidence-based techniques that focus on building skills and changing day-to-day habits. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, planning manageable tasks, and shifting unhelpful thoughts to reduce overwhelm. This helps when stress is keeping someone from sleeping, working, or connecting with others.Another approach emphasizes behavioral change for addictions and low mood by breaking goals into small steps and tracking progress. These techniques support people working to reduce substance use, improve routines, or regain motivation after a setback. Both approaches are hands-on and oriented toward clear, measurable progress.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try options and adapt based on what helps most, treating the plan as flexible rather than fixed.
Online sessions come by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation; phone can be easier when bandwidth is low; chat and text work well for short check-ins or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Florida
- Languages
- English