About Stacie
Stacie Brethauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 13 years of experience. She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, relationship concerns, and ADHD-related challenges. Stacie focuses on simple coping skills clients can use in day-to-day life, and she centers sessions on what matters most to each person.
Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions often involve looking at patterns in relationships and thoughts, practicing new ways of responding, and building small, realistic routines that reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Mindfulness is used to help clients slow down and notice what they need in the moment. People meet Stacie to work through grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, career stress, and struggles with self-esteem or addictions. She also supports those navigating adoption, blended family issues, fertility challenges, and body image concerns.
Her work includes attention to communication problems, commitment or control issues, and family of origin dynamics. Stacie keeps therapy practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps pick a few strategies to try between sessions.
Progress is tracked in plain terms so clients can see what’s changing and decide what to keep. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary by region and are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Attachment-based work looks at how past and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behavior. In sessions this means noticing recurring interaction styles and practicing new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and conflict. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps people name their priorities so the work stays focused on real goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills for shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Stacie will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That collaborative planning helps shape a short-term plan and adjustments along the way if something is not working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video offers face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or other busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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