About Stacey
Stacey Sugar uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people understand their patterns and feel safer in close relationships. She combines these with cognitive behavioral techniques and, where useful, hypnotherapy to address specific habits and reactions. Stacey holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, and also holds a California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC credential.
She has 14 years of clinical experience and practices in California.
How Stacey works
Stacey helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She also supports those facing relationship challenges, intimacy-related concerns, addiction issues, and trauma and abuse. Other focus areas include self-esteem, codependency, commitment issues, body image, and coping with life changes.
Her sessions are practical and conversational. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that get in the way. Together they test new ways of relating and thinking, and practice skills that reduce anxiety and improve communication.
Hypnotherapy may be used when clients want focused work on habits or strong emotional responses. Stacey pays close attention to how early attachment and family history shape current behavior. She helps clients reframe old stories about themselves and make different choices now.
Work can include addressing abandonment, family of origin issues, forgiveness, and guilt and shame. Clients who prefer flexible formats can meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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Stacey lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Stacey works with
The areas below are the ones Stacey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Stacey’s Approaches Work Online
Stacey often uses attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections; this helps people who notice repeated problems in trust, closeness, or fear of abandonment. She also uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client’s goals steer the work and their experience is heard and validated. Cognitive behavioral therapy is added to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Stacey will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and test methods that fit. The approach evolves as progress is made and priorities change, and decisions are made collaboratively rather than imposed by the therapist.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues and a fuller conversation matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, ongoing check-ins, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy schedules.
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