About Lacey
Lacey Buxton is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and depression. She acknowledges the courage it takes to seek help and focuses on each person's strengths as part of the work. Lacey writes in a direct, supportive way and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Her approach centers on treating the whole person, not just symptoms. She helps people untangle overwhelming feelings tied to trauma, loss, or life changes.
How Lacey works
Conversations are practical and goal-oriented, with attention to emotions and everyday functioning. Lacey also addresses parenting strain, family problems, and relationship patterns that affect daily life. She works with issues such as anger, low self-esteem, and career stress in concrete ways that fit the client's routine.
For people with mood disorders or bipolar challenges, she focuses on coping strategies and mood regulation tools. Additionally, she supports those dealing with adoption and foster care questions, attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, and compassion fatigue. Lacey offers steady guidance for navigating post-traumatic stress and the guilt or shame that can follow difficult experiences.
Sessions move at a client's pace and build on what already works for them. She encourages small, achievable steps and checks progress along the way. Lacey believes therapy is a collaborative process where the client remains the expert of their story.
What Lacey works with
The areas below are the ones Lacey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to address emotional and behavioral challenges in clear, practical ways. One common focus is trauma-informed care, which helps people process past harm and reduce overwhelming reactions through paced discussion and coping skills. This can help those dealing with abuse, post-traumatic stress, or strong emotional responses to past events.Another frequent emphasis is mood-focused work that teaches concrete tools for managing depression, bipolar mood swings, anxiety, and stress. These strategies include mood regulation, activity planning, and short exercises to interrupt negative thinking patterns, which suit day-to-day life and work schedules.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, routines, and what has worked before, then recommend techniques to try. Sessions adapt based on feedback so the plan matches the client's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different rhythms. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when written reflection helps. These options offer flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy going amid busy days.
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