About Stacy
Stacy Braiuca is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience in Missouri. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem concerns. Stacy aims to make therapy straightforward and respectful so people can feel heard and understood quickly.
Stacy uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals front and center. She blends cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to steady the body and mind.
How Stacy works
Hypnotherapy and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when those approaches fit a person's needs. Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Stacy helps people set small, achievable steps and then checks in on progress.
Conversations often include skill practice, breathing and grounding exercises, and clear planning for daily life. Her practice includes a wide range of focus areas such as addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, chronic pain and illness, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. She also supports people navigating career decisions, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and intimacy-related concerns.
People who prefer a collaborative, respectful style are likely to feel comfortable in her work. Stacy emphasizes clear communication, active listening, and adapting methods to fit each person. She welcomes sessions in English and works with international clients when that fits the needs of the situation.
Stacy lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Stacy works with
The areas below are the ones Stacy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and priorities, using listening and reflection to help people gain clarity and confidence. This approach is helpful for issues like self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship communication.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical ways to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It works well for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood problems through clear exercises and homework tasks.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques are often used alongside CBT to manage racing thoughts, sleep trouble, and emotion regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stacy will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit the person. She adapts the plan over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to work on skills and keep momentum without major scheduling hurdles.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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