About Stacie
Stacie Brethauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience helping people navigate big emotional challenges. She focuses on practical strategies that fit into a busy life and speaks plainly about what to try next. Clients come for help with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, grief, and major life changes.
She also addresses concerns such as addictions, ADHD, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and questions around identity and LGBT issues.
How Stacie works
Stacie works with issues tied to family of origin, adoption and foster care, attachment, and blended family dynamics. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness. Sessions aim to identify the patterns that keep people stuck and then test straightforward skills that change daily life.
She prefers clear goals and steps so progress is easy to notice. In a typical session Stacie listens to what matters most, helps organize thoughts and feelings, and suggests simple coping practices to use between meetings. She focuses on what will help right now while also addressing deeper patterns over time.
The tone is warm and direct, with an emphasis on small, actionable changes. Stacie practices in Pennsylvania and offers help in English. For people who want steady support, she uses methods that balance emotional understanding with real-world problem solving.
Stacie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Stacie works with
The areas below are the ones Stacie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How Stacie’s Approaches Fit Online
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. Online sessions can help people notice relationship patterns and practice new ways of relating in everyday life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and experiments. That structure translates well to video or phone sessions where clients can try skills between meetings. Client-centered therapy emphasizes active listening and creating space for a person’s own priorities and values. That supportive tone is easy to maintain across different online formats.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Stacie will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and what feels most useful. Then she and the client will choose approaches and tools that match those needs and try them out, adjusting as progress is made.
Online therapy here is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when internet bandwidth is limited or to squeeze in a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for ongoing support between sessions and for people who prefer writing. These options aim to make consistent care more accessible and adaptable to everyday life.
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