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Stacy Braiuca, LCSW, LSCSW

Based in Missouri Online sessions

Calm, practical support for life's parenting challenges

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Years in practice
28
Credentials
LCSW, LSCSW
Licensed in
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Minnesota
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Self esteem
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Depression
About

About Stacy

Stacy Braiuca is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people manage life changes and emotional strain. She practices in Missouri as an LCSW and a LSCSW and works with adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, and challenges around parenting and relationships. Her manner is straightforward and empathetic, aimed at making therapy feel approachable for busy parents.

Stacy focuses on clear, practical steps. She listens first, then helps people choose workable strategies for day-to-day life.

Background and approach

Sessions often include goal-setting, problem-solving, and skill practice that can be used between meetings. Her approach draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s values and goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop more effective responses.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in to support readiness for change and present-moment coping. Stacy has worked across many concerns over nearly three decades, including stress, grief, trauma, addiction, ADHD, and caregiving strain. She also addresses less common areas such as kink and alternative sex culture with respect and practical guidance.

Her background supports people facing midlife questions, career shifts, and relationship conflict. People who prefer clear direction and a collaborative relationship often find her style useful. Sessions are intended to help clients build resilience, improve communication, and manage symptoms so they can handle parenting demands and other life roles more steadily.

Focus areas and approaches

What Stacy works with

Everything Stacy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Stacy helps people with.

Approaches Stacy lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

Approaches that fit online parenting support

Client-centered therapy puts the person's priorities first by focusing on what matters to them and building on their strengths. This approach helps people clarify parenting goals, improve communication, and make decisions that match their values.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical skills to change reactions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and stress that affects daily family life.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These techniques can help with emotion regulation, sleep, and coping with parenting pressures.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level, and will adjust things over time based on progress and feedback.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine. Video calls are best for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging helps with quick reflections or reminders. These options give flexibility for parents juggling work, childcare, and appointments.
Questions

Questions people ask about Stacy

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, grief, trauma, addictions, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, and related life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She uses a straightforward, collaborative style that mixes listening with practical steps like goal-setting and skill practice.

How long has she practiced?

She has 28 years of professional experience as a clinician working with a wide range of emotional and life concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds the credentials LCSW and LSCSW and practices in Missouri.

Can I work with her if I'm not in the United States?

Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions can be arranged across different locations.

Which session formats are offered?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

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