Stacie Brethauer, LPC

Stacie Brethauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania who uses clear, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She brings 13 years of experience and a straightforward style that aims to make coping skills easy to use in daily life.

Her work focuses on breaking problems into steps you can try between sessions. Stacie often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with person-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different behaviors, and build steadier routines. Sessions move at a practical pace and focus on the next useful change.

Clients can expect a warm but goal-oriented atmosphere. Stacie listens for what matters most and then helps choose strategies that fit each person’s situation. She emphasizes simple tools readers can apply right away, such as thought-challenging, grounding exercises, and small behavior experiments.

She has supported people through grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, parenting stress, career transitions, and issues tied to identity, including LGBT concerns. Additional areas of focus include attachment and family of origin issues, adoption and foster care, body image, codependency, fertility and fatherhood questions, and ADHD-related challenges.

Stacie prefers a collaborative process. Together with each person she identifies priorities, tests options, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Her aim is steady, practical change that fits real life.

Practical approaches for online work and flexibility

Stacie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based and client-centered methods during online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or lift mood. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape feelings and reactions, which can help with relationship strain, abandonment concerns, and family of origin issues. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and uses empathetic listening to help people find their own answers and feel heard.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences, then try methods that seem likely to help. She checks progress and adapts the plan so the work fits what a person needs and wants.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or movement is a concern. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, coping skills between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make scheduling more flexible and make it easier to get steady support around work, parenting, or busy days.