About Stacey
Stacey Richard-Baal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and trauma. She names self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, anger, and coping with life changes among her common concerns. Stacey brings 11 years of experience and offers a calm, collaborative way of working that centers the person's goals.
She emphasizes partnership in therapy and respects each person's choices about where to focus. Sessions typically include setting practical goals, trying small changes, and checking what helps in daily life.
How Stacey works
Stacey blends direct problem-solving with attention to personal values and feelings. Her practice draws on client-centered work that keeps the person’s perspective central. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thinking and to try different behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are offered to help with grounding and managing physical anxiety symptoms. Stacey integrates motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods to clarify goals and find doable steps forward. This often means short-term planning and building on what already works for the person.
She also brings experience supporting people through workplace stress, divorce and separation, domestic violence, panic attacks, and women's issues. Conversations in sessions aim to be practical and respectful. Stacey helps people develop clearer communication, handle conflict, and find steady ways to manage overwhelming feelings.
If someone wants support moving toward change, she works alongside them to identify the next right steps.
Stacey lists 5 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
- Trauma and abuse
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Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own priorities and experience. It means the therapist listens, reflects, and builds the plan around what the person wants to work on. This approach helps when someone needs support naming goals and choosing the pace of change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. In sessions people learn simple skills to test thoughts, change small behaviors, and reduce symptoms like worry or panic. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and panic disorder because it gives concrete tools to practice between meetings.
Mindfulness therapy teaches brief attention and breathing practices to manage intense feelings and physical stress. These techniques can help during moments of anxiety or when strong emotions arise, and they pair well with other problem-solving work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That decision is revisited as progress is made so the plan stays useful.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, because the original biography does not specify formats. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, reduce commute time, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let people join from wherever they are that day. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, client-centered techniques, and mindfulness practices to help people make steady, practical change.
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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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