About Stan
Stan Peck is a licensed professional counselor in Alabama with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. He uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people feel steadier and more able to cope. He works with issues related to relationships, addiction, grief, and self-esteem in a calm, respectful way.
Stan has worked in inpatient mental health settings and has experience helping people with serious mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
Background and approach
He tailors conversations and goals to each person, listening first and adjusting plans as needed. Expect direct, plain language and steps you can try between sessions. His approach draws on several therapeutic styles that emphasize values, present-moment awareness, and skill building.
That can mean learning new ways to manage intense emotions, changing unhelpful thought patterns, or practicing acceptance of difficult feelings. Sessions often include homework and simple exercises to use at home. Stan also addresses addiction, eating and sleep struggles, and caregiver stress.
He pays attention to family of origin issues and communication patterns that affect day-to-day life. The focus is on practical change and clearer choices rather than labels. If someone is nervous about starting therapy, Stan aims to make the first steps easier by explaining what to expect and setting small, realistic goals.
He supports people as they try new habits and track progress over time.
How Stan’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, value-driven steps. Online ACT sessions often include short exercises and home practices to help you act on those values despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete tools to shift unhelpful patterns. In remote CBT sessions clients often get worksheets and brief experiments to try between meetings. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship so clients can find their own answers; this fits well with coaching-style conversations online.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Stan will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Then he’ll suggest approaches or combine techniques so the plan fits the client’s needs. That collaborative process helps people try methods that make sense for their life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions where visual cues matter. Phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option for longer conversations. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when a written exchange fits better into a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule care and keep progress moving forward.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English