Stacy Braiuca, LCSW, LSCSW
Licensed in Missouri · 28 years in practice
Stacy Braiuca is a licensed social worker practicing in Missouri with 28 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Missouri
- 1999137993 · expires September 2027
- LSCSW, Kansas
- LSCSW 2162 · expires April 2027
- LCSW, Arkansas
- 12439-C · expires September 2026
- LICSW, Minnesota
- 33844 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1700096831 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
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About Stacy
Stacy Braiuca is a licensed social worker practicing in Missouri with 28 years of clinical experience. She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and spends her time helping people carry the weight of anxiety, depression, stress, and life changes. Stacy offers steady, practical guidance in a calm and respectful manner.
She favors plain talk and collaborative planning. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small steps that fit into everyday life.
Background and approach
Stacy helps people build better coping skills, improve sleep, manage mood swings, and handle difficult relationships or work stress. Her work draws on several approaches to adjust to each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Client-centered work emphasizes listening and reflecting so a person feels heard and understood. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness techniques are also available for relaxation and focus. Stacy brings experience with a wide range of concerns including addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and caregiver stress.
She also supports people exploring sexuality, kink, gender questions, and intimacy-related challenges. This experience helps her tailor sessions to the practical problems people face. Sessions are offered in multiple formats to fit different schedules.
Stacy aims to make therapy an active partnership where the person’s goals guide each step. The emphasis is on real-world coping, clearer communication, and gradual change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stacy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Stacy names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
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Online support
Approaches and How They Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting to help people feel understood and clarify what they want to change. It is useful for building self-awareness, improving communication, and tackling life direction questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Stacey uses CBT to help people test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood management.
Hypnotherapy and mindfulness tools can be offered for stress reduction, relaxation, and improving focus. These techniques often support other approaches by helping people practice calm breathing, imagery, or brief guided exercises.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process where the person’s needs and preferences shape the plan.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill practice, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat or text messaging work for brief check-ins or when typing is preferred. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter follow-ups, and different ways to practice skills between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Stacy address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders along with issues like addiction, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, and caregiver strain.
How would you describe Stacy's therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She combines listening with practical tools so people leave sessions with clear next steps.
What background and experience does she bring?
Stacy has 28 years of clinical experience working with diverse problems including chronic pain, first responder issues, and complex trauma.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Missouri.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Stacy does accept international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
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