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LCSW, LSCSW

Stacy Braiuca, LCSW, LSCSW

  • Experience28 years
  • LocationMissouri
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Stacy

Stacy Braiuca is a licensed social worker with 28 years of clinical experience practicing in Missouri. She draws on long-term clinical experience to support people facing depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationship struggles, grief, and other complex life challenges.

Background and approach

Stacy holds LCSW and KS LSCSW credentials and combines practical strategies with an emphasis on personal strengths and resilience. Her style blends client-centered care with skills-based methods to help clients clarify goals, manage stress, and rebuild confidence.

She integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness work alongside motivational interviewing and hypnotherapy when appropriate, shaping sessions to fit each person’s needs. Stacy aims to create an inclusive, nonjudgmental environment that respects diverse identities and life stories.

Clients can expect collaborative goal-setting, attention to communication patterns, and tools for coping with chronic stress, mood concerns, and life transitions. She also attends to specialized areas such as intimacy and alternative sexual cultures, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and trauma-related issues.

Stacy works with clients who prefer a practical, empathetic approach to change and personal growth.

Online approaches that combine skill building and compassion

Stacy commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based methods as part of her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address stress-related problems. Mindfulness Therapy helps build present-moment awareness and stress management skills that can support coping with chronic worry, grief, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Stacy will work with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adapting between client-centered support, CBT techniques, motivational interviewing, or brief hypnotherapeutic elements as appropriate to the situation.

Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options allow clients to fit therapy into work and family schedules and to continue care from different locations while maintaining continuity and a consistent therapeutic relationship.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Stacy address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, grief, addiction, and mood disorders among other focus areas.
How would you describe Stacy's therapeutic style?
Her approach emphasizes client-centered work paired with techniques from CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and hypnotherapy to build skills, insight, and resilience.
What is her professional background and experience?
Stacy has 28 years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker, bringing long-term practice with diverse emotional and life-transition concerns.
Where is Stacy licensed and based?
She holds Missouri licensure and lists credentials as LCSW and KS LSCSW with the provided license details for Missouri and Kansas.
Does Stacy work with clients who live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions with English-speaking clients regardless of location.
What session formats are available with Stacy?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and payment handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietySelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

BDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDomestic violenceFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)HypnotherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic Therapy

Experience

28+ years

Licensed

Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Minnesota

Languages

English

What Stacy can help with

Stacy Braiuca works with clients on stress and anxiety, self esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and coaching.

Stacy works with individuals through complex life transitions and emotional challenges.

Stacy works with depression and anxiety.

How Stacy approaches therapy

Stacy's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Somatic Therapy.

Experience and training

Stacy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Missouri, with 28 years of clinical experience.