- Guilt and shame
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and panic
About Stacey
Stacey Christensen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with three years of professional experience. She works with adults who are carrying stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and family conflict. Her practice also addresses related concerns such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and guilt and shame.
Stacey aims to create straightforward, respectful conversations about what is troubling a person now. Sessions focus on identifying what keeps stress and worry active, and on practical steps a person can try between meetings. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address panic, obsessive thoughts, post-traumatic stress, and mood symptoms.
Her work includes supporting people facing cancer, hospice and end-of-life issues, and caregiver burden. She also talks with people about communication problems and domestic violence impacts. When grief or loss is present, she helps people name and tolerate painful feelings while planning next steps.
Stacey prefers to shape the dialogue and plans around each person's situation. That means discussing concrete goals, small experiments to test change, and ways to notice progress. Her approach aims to be direct and practical rather than abstract.
People who come for help with guilt and shame will find a clinician willing to discuss where those feelings come from and how they affect daily life. She supports work on forgiveness when clients ask for it, and addresses symptoms like panic attacks, SAD, and OCD-related rituals with targeted strategies.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Stacey uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address symptoms such as panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, post-traumatic stress, and mood difficulties. For example, behavioral strategies help people test fears and reduce avoidance through gradual steps. Cognitive-style work examines thought patterns that fuel guilt and shame and tries different responses to those thoughts.Not every approach fits every person. She treats finding the right way to work together as a collaborative process. Clients and the therapist review goals, try methods for a few sessions, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
The biography did not list which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into day-to-day life, such as taking a shorter check-in during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. Working remotely can also allow sessions when in-person meetings would be difficult, while still letting a therapist guide practical steps and exercises between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and related issues.
How would she approach guilt or shame?
She discusses where those feelings come from and how they show up in daily life. The focus is on practical steps and small experiments to reduce their hold.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional experience as a clinician working with the listed concerns. That experience includes work with grief, trauma, and mood disorders.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina. Her practice is based in North Carolina.
Do sessions take place in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What are the session formats available?
The original biography did not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.