Stacey Polson , LPC

Stacey Polson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wyoming with 28 years of experience in the mental health field. She brings a depth of experience from working as a middle school counselor and from counseling individuals, families, couples, and groups in a variety of settings. Stacey holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Developmental Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling, both from the University of Wyoming, and draws on this academic background to inform practical, evidence-aware care.

Stacey works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, divorce and separation, postpartum and perinatal concerns, and issues around life purpose and midlife transitions. She has experience addressing trauma, abuse, and identity-related struggles that often intersect with these topics.

Her counseling style is warm, engaging, and client-focused. Stacey emphasizes a client-centered stance in which the client leads the work while she offers structure, goal-setting, and practical strategies to break problems into manageable steps. She also integrates approaches that help clients see how thoughts and patterns influence behavior, supporting them to reframe beliefs and build coping skills. Her aim is to help people move through difficult times toward clearer goals and greater wellbeing, one achievable step at a time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Stacey draws on client-centered therapy to place the person and their goals at the center of care, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which clients lead the direction of work and identify what matters most to them. This approach is helpful for building self-awareness, improving relationships, and navigating life transitions.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help partners and families better understand and shift emotional patterns that underlie conflict and disconnection. EFT is often useful for relationship repair, intimacy-related concerns, and reducing repeated cycles of hurt.

Solution-Focused Therapy is included to target practical change by identifying strengths and small, achievable steps toward specific goals. That approach can be especially effective for stress management, career decisions, and short-term problem solving.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Stacey works with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage in therapy from different locations and schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to fit therapeutic work into a busy life while still working with licensed professionals and therapists who guide the process.