About Stacey
Dr. Stacey Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports individuals facing addictions, low self-esteem, career stress, and major life changes.
Her tone is encouraging and practical for people ready to make changes. She emphasizes that clients know their own stories and brings an empowering, strengths-based stance to sessions. Conversations focus on small steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
She aims to help clients find workable habits and clearer priorities.
Background and approach
Sessions blend direct problem-solving with reflective talk. Dr. Shaw listens for patterns that keep people stuck and suggests concrete strategies to try between appointments.
She checks in about what worked and adjusts the plan over time. Her background includes more than a decade of clinical practice and licensure as a clinical social worker in Washington and Florida. That experience includes helping people navigate divorce, caregiver stress, workplace challenges, and substance issues.
People often come with relationship or intimacy concerns, shame or guilt, money worries, or multicultural stress. Dr. Shaw supports women’s issues, first responder stress, and young adult transitions.
She uses a coaching-minded approach when people want goal-focused help. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video, phone, chat, or text messaging. For practical next steps she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Dr. Shaw uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach is skills-based work that teaches breathing, grounding, and coping strategies for anxiety and stress; these tools help people manage moments of overwhelm and build steadier daily routines.She also uses problem-focused coaching methods to set clear goals, break them into steps, and track progress; this style works well for career challenges, motivation, and life transitions. For substance and addiction concerns she emphasizes harm-reduction strategies and planning to reduce risk and increase safety.
Finding the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, try approaches that fit your situation, and adjust based on what helps. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more convenient. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Florida
- Languages
- English
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