About Staci
Staci Somes is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and intimacy concerns. She speaks plainly and aims to make conversations feel safe and practical. Staci works from Idaho and brings four years of counseling experience to her sessions.
She focuses a lot on divorce and betrayal trauma while also addressing depression, addictions, parenting strain, and self-esteem issues. Staci tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation rather than using one set method for everyone.
Background and approach
Her approach emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every step. Staci uses straightforward tools drawn from client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. That means sessions often include listening to what matters most, noticing thought patterns that cause distress, and practicing skills for managing strong emotions.
The goal is to give practical ways to feel steadier day to day. She also works with topics like attachment concerns, blended family stress, forgiveness, guilt, infidelity, and post-traumatic stress. Staci supports people through life transitions like pregnancy, childbirth, and separation, helping them find clearer choices and more self-respect.
In sessions she focuses on collaboration. Clients can expect a mix of talking, skill-building, and real-life practices to try between meetings. Staci encourages small steps and realistic goals so progress feels doable rather than overwhelming.
How Staci’s Approaches Work Online
Staci draws from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to shape online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions; it suits anyone who needs a respectful space to talk. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - which teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships. DBT techniques can help with overwhelming feelings and problems that repeat over time. Choosing which approach to use is part of the work together; the therapist will help clients decide what fits their goals, needs, and preferences in an ongoing, collaborative way.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier when movement is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins, shorter support moments, and a way to practice skills between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue progress across different situations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English