Stacey Tenbrink

Stacey Tenbrink is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She brings a straightforward and calm presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use each week. Stacey works from Rhode Island and speaks English. With five years in clinical practice, Stacey uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people build coping skills and increase self-understanding. She aims for a collaborative style where clients shape goals and the plan. Her work often centers on improving communication, boundaries, and self-compassion. Stacey engages with a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and the strain of divorce or separation. She has worked with people facing addiction, dissociation, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and those processing trauma. Her approach draws from cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, acceptance and commitment, and rational-emotive techniques. In practical terms this means talking through thoughts and behaviors, clarifying values, and trying new ways of responding when old patterns feel stuck. Stacey emphasizes respect and sensitivity in sessions and tailors the conversation and plan to each person. She supports clients who want to grow their resilience, strengthen self-esteem, and navigate major life transitions. She encourages those ready to take steps toward greater wellbeing to begin the process.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Stacey works from approaches that focus on thoughts, values, and personal meaning. Cognitive-behavioral techniques involve identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts and building new habits to reduce anxiety or depression. These tools help with stress, mood concerns, and problematic behaviors. Acceptance and commitment style work concentrates on clarifying what matters to you and taking small actions toward those values. This approach can be useful for people coping with life changes, low self-worth, or patterns that feel stuck. Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Stacey collaborates with clients to match techniques to each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She will adjust plans as you learn what helps and what doesn’t. Session logistics vary by therapist and platform, and the original biography does not list specific formats. Please confirm current session options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow check-ins without travel, and offer quieter or shorter meeting options when that helps someone keep therapy going. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and homework to fit real-life schedules so progress happens alongside daily responsibilities.