About Stacy
Stacy Ciano is a licensed clinician in Maryland who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She holds an MD and the Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical credential, and brings two decades of professional experience to sessions. Stacy aims to make the first step feel manageable for people who are worried or unsure.
Her approach starts with listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for existing strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and practical, aimed at small changes that add up over time. Stacy draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help with worry, panic, mood problems, and reactions after trauma. She also supports people facing life changes, low self-esteem, and issues like isolation or difficulty communicating.
Sessions often focus on learning simple skills for coping with overwhelming feelings and testing out new behaviors between meetings. She works to reduce shame and guilt while increasing clarity about goals and values. The aim is steady, usable progress rather than quick fixes.
Stacy offers several remote ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. New clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their routine.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small steps that move someone toward a more meaningful life, which can be useful for anxiety and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking patterns and try new coping strategies for panic, worry, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It can help when emotions feel intense or when someone struggles with impulsive reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and daily routines to decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps shape the plan and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people practice skills in real time and see facial cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text can support quick check-ins, skill reminders, or a shorter follow-up between sessions. Together these options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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