About Stacy
Stacy Trostler helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with relationship struggles, addiction concerns, eating issues, career decisions, and compassion fatigue. Stacy is a Licensed Independent Social Worker - LISW in Ohio and brings 35 years of clinical experience to her work.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens first, then offers tools that fit each person’s situation. Techniques come from acceptance and commitment work, dialectical behavior ideas, client-centered care, and mindfulness practices.
How Stacy works
Sessions are aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable and meaningful. Stacy pays attention to stressors that accumulate over time, like caregiving demands, chronic illness, isolation, and guilt. She helps people untangle those issues and find steps forward.
Conversations cover coping skills, communication, boundaries, and building self-compassion. Sessions typically emphasize clear goals and concrete strategies. Stacy uses short-term solutions alongside deeper work when needed.
The goal is less overwhelm and more control over daily choices and reactions. She trained at The Ohio State University and has worked in a range of clinical settings over three and a half decades. That background informs practical guidance rooted in experience.
Stacy aims to meet people where they are and help them move toward a calmer, clearer next chapter.
Stacy lists 4 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
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take actions aligned with those values. It teaches simple skills to accept difficult thoughts while moving toward meaningful goals and is often useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, known as DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills help people manage intense feelings, reduce impulsive reactions, and improve relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Stacy collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That might mean trying mindfulness practices one week and values-based action the next, then shifting based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or reduce bandwidth needs. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when typing is easier than speaking. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life while still using evidence-informed techniques.
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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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