- Addictions
- Grief
- CBT and DBT
About Stacy
Stacy Jo Poffenbarger is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (FL LMHC) with 17 years of experience. She works with adults facing anxiety, stress, grief, motivation and self-esteem struggles. She also supports people dealing with addiction concerns and caregivers coping with compassion fatigue.
Stacy focuses on practical, talk-based work. She breaks concerns into manageable steps and helps people build everyday skills. Sessions typically include discussion, skill practice, and goal-setting rather than lengthy theory lectures.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with a wide range of issues. She has supported people with relationship and family difficulties, eating concerns, anger, career stress, and life changes. She also has experience with attachment and abandonment themes, adoption and foster care questions, and chronic health-related stress.
Stacy uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness techniques, and Motivational Interviewing. She combines these methods to address symptoms and build coping skills that fit daily life.
Stacy describes her role as guiding clear, respectful conversations about what matters to the client. She updates her practice as new methods emerge and adjusts session focus based on progress. The emphasis is on practical change and steady pace rather than quick fixes.
How her evidence-based methods work online
Stacy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence while building practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. DBT emphasizes skill training in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication to better handle intense emotions.She may also draw on EMDR when past distressing memories interfere with day-to-day living. EMDR uses structured processing that can reduce the intensity of troubling memories and the reactions they trigger. These methods target symptoms like anxiety, grief reactions, caregiver strain, and patterns rooted in family of origin issues by combining talking, skills practice, and direct processing work.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will check goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before to decide which method fits best. Sessions can be adapted over time as needs change.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a workday, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when needed. The focus is on practical ways to use therapy within daily life rather than on any single technology.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with anxiety, stress, grief, self-esteem, motivation, addiction, and caregiver strain among other concerns.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses practical talk therapy with skill practice and goal-setting, drawing on CBT, DBT, EMDR, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional work experience in mental health settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (FL LMHC) practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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