Stacey Gooden

Stacey Gooden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. She talks with clients about current pressures and patterns that keep them stuck. Her style is calm and steady, aimed at helping people find practical ways to feel more able in daily life.

Stacey frames hard seasons as part of being human rather than a personal failure. She offers a listening space to sort through emotions, organize thoughts, and notice what matters most. Conversations typically focus on small, usable steps clients can try between sessions.

Her work draws on cognitive and relaxation strategies to change unhelpful thinking and manage intense feelings. Stacey also uses parts work and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, which can be helpful when past events continue to cause strong reactions. Christian counseling is part of her practice for those who want faith integrated into therapy.

Stacey brings 15 years of experience to her practice and approaches each person with compassion and direct guidance. Sessions often include skill practice, reflective questions, and collaborative planning so clients leave with clear next steps. She aims to help people feel less overwhelmed and more connected to their own resources.

If someone wants to explore whether she might be a good fit, the usual next step is a brief initial conversation to outline concerns and what a few sessions could look like.

How Stacey blends therapeutic tools for online work

Stacey uses a few evidence-based techniques to guide sessions in accessible language. Cognitive strategies focus on spotting and shifting unhelpful thoughts so day-to-day reactions change and stress eases. Parts work, often called IFS in practice, helps people name and relate to different inner parts so painful patterns feel less overwhelming. EMDR is used to desensitize strong reactions tied to past events and to help memories feel less triggering for some clients.

Choosing an approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, what feels most worrying, and any preferences about how to work. Together they try strategies, notice what helps, and adjust the plan as progress and needs evolve.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so therapy is easier to keep up. Because the biography does not specify session formats, confirm which options are available before booking. Many people find that shorter check-ins or a mix of longer sessions and brief follow-ups make therapy easier to use during life changes.