Stacey Sugar

Stacey Sugar is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people rethink their life story and move toward meaningful change. She draws on a mix of approaches to help clients who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, and coping with life changes. Stacey communicates plainly and aims to meet people where they are. With 14 years of clinical experience, Stacey emphasizes understanding how past experiences shape present patterns. She works to uncover unconscious defenses and habits that keep people stuck, then connects that insight to practical steps for change. Sessions include talking through emotions, testing new ways of relating, and building motivation for lasting shifts. Stacey uses Attachment-Based ideas to examine how early bonds influence current relationships. She also draws on Client-Centered methods to keep the focus on each person’s experience. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Clients often bring concerns such as depression, addictions, body image issues, codependency, impulse control, and career stress. She also supports people facing divorce and family-of-origin issues, first responder stress, isolation, and problems around communication and commitment. Stacey invites those who want to explore deeper work to move at a pace that feels manageable. She encourages testing changes in new relationships and life roles, and she helps translate emotional insights into real-life choices.

Approaches that help online and in everyday life

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of closeness and trust. It helps people notice recurring reactions in relationships and try different, healthier ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the focus on each person’s experience and pace, offering a nonjudgmental space where people can talk through emotions and discover their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety or low mood, giving simple exercises to test and change them. Finding the right blend of these approaches is a team effort. Stacey works collaboratively to match techniques to each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She listens to what matters most and adjusts the work so it fits the person rather than asking the person to fit a single method. Because the profile does not list specific session formats, confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people try therapeutic tools from their normal routines and practice new ways of relating between sessions.