About Stacy
Stacy Gooden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in West Virginia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. She also supports individuals facing parenting challenges, relationship concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and issues related to ADHD and bipolar disorder. Stacy favors clear, practical steps during sessions.
She listens first, then helps people set small goals they can try between meetings. Conversations are direct but compassionate, focused on what is most useful right now rather than overly academic explanations.
Background and approach
Her work draws on client-centered methods that keep the person's priorities front and center. Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices are offered to help reduce overwhelm and improve focus in daily life.
Stacy has worked in counseling for 18 years and holds a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology. She is licensed in West Virginia as an LPC. That background informs a steady, experienced approach to common problems people bring to therapy.
Sessions can include short-term problem solving or longer work on deep patterns. Stacy aims to create practical plans and teach skills people can use right away. She welcomes questions about how therapy will work and what to expect in the first few sessions.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experiences. The therapist listens closely and helps people set the pace and topics for sessions, which can help with stress, relationship concerns, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and problems like social anxiety or impulsivity by teaching concrete skills and short experiments to try between sessions.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them. These practices can reduce overwhelm, improve attention, and support coping during grief or major life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then recommend techniques to try. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so the approach fits the person's needs.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and practicing skills together. Phone sessions may be shorter check-ins and work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people send quick updates or get support between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English