About Stacy
Stacy Braiuca is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Missouri. She brings 28 years of experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Stacy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can talk through hard things and find practical ways forward.
She focuses on helping people build coping skills and clearer communication. Stacy also helps with self-esteem, sleep problems, addiction concerns, and career stress. She pays attention to identity and sexual diversity, including work related to LGBT issues and alternative sex culture.
Background and approach
Her background includes long experience in trauma, grief, and mood disorders. She supports people dealing with chronic pain, caregiver strain, and first responder issues. Stacy also addresses intimacy-related concerns, anger, and challenges connected to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns.
Stacy uses several approaches to shape sessions. She leans on client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques can be used to reduce stress and improve focus. Sessions may be conversational, skill-focused, or a mix of coaching and therapy depending on what the person needs. Stacy values collaboration and sets goals together with each client.
She accepts international clients and works in English.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. The therapist helps people clarify goals and values, and sessions often feel conversational while staying focused on what matters to the client.Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify patterns of thought that lead to distress and tests small behavioral changes. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stacy will discuss options and adjust methods based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment choices are made collaboratively so the plan fits day-to-day life.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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