- Practical coping tools
- Warm supportive style
- Attachment-focused care
About Stacie
Stacie Brethauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 13 years of experience in the mental health field. She offers a warm, straightforward style that helps people find practical steps forward. Stacie emphasizes clear coping tools and steady support while clients work through difficult emotions and life changes.
She focuses on everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Relationship problems, grief, coping with life transitions, and compassion fatigue are also common topics she addresses. Stacie lists adoption and foster care among her additional focus areas and can help people process attachment and abandonment issues related to those experiences.
Stacie uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. She draws on Attachment-Based therapy ideas, Client-Centered perspectives, cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused methods, and mindfulness practices. In sessions she helps you sort through what matters most and choose strategies you can actually use between meetings.
Her work aims to be practical and relatable. Expect simple, actionable coping strategies rather than jargon. Conversations are focused on what’s on your mind and what you want to change.
People often come for help with addictions, ADHD, body image and identity questions, blended family challenges, and parenting concerns. With a direct but compassionate approach, Stacie supports each client in finding achievable next steps.
Using talk therapy and practical tools in online care
Attachment-Based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and reactions. It helps people understand attachment patterns and improve trust and connection in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and helps people try different actions to reduce anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs. Together you can test different strategies and adjust the plan as you go so it fits your life and priorities.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before you book since formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find video or phone sessions help them keep regular appointments and apply coping skills between meetings. A licensed professional will discuss which approaches and session rhythm would work best for you during an initial conversation.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Stacie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief, relationship issues, addiction, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and straightforward, focusing on simple coping strategies and conversations that lead to real-life changes.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 13 years of experience in the mental health field and has supported people through major life transitions and emotional struggles.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.