Stacey Sugar , MD, LCPC, LPCC

Stacey Sugar is a licensed practitioner who helps people reshape their personal narratives and move toward more authentic lives. With 14 years of clinical experience, she draws on a belief that life stories are not fixed - people can revise how they understand their past and choose different directions for their future. Stacey guides clients to uncover unconscious defenses, gain insight into recurring patterns, and develop the skills needed to respond to relationships and life changes with greater clarity and intention.

She holds an MD, indicating medical training, and maintains clinical counseling credentials (LCPC and LPCC), which reflect specialized preparation in psychotherapy. Stacey integrates evidence-informed methods with a thoughtful, exploratory stance, inviting clients to examine feelings that may not yet be fully conscious and to convert those discoveries into practical shifts in behavior and perspective. Her approach emphasizes pacing - allowing people the time they need to test new ways of relating and to commit to change when it feels right.

Stacey works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, intimacy and attachment issues, trauma and grief, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. She aims to meet each person where they are, provide tools for deeper self-exploration, and support the gradual steps that lead to meaningful transformation.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions

Stacey blends several established approaches to help people address emotional and relational challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on the ways early bonds shape current relationships - it helps with intimacy, trust, abandonment concerns, and patterns that repeat across partnerships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance in which the client leads the pace of exploration while the therapist offers empathy and support - this approach can strengthen self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors by teaching practical skills for managing anxiety, mood, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stacey works with each person to clarify goals, assess what feels most useful, and adjust methods over time so therapy aligns with the client’s needs and preferences. This collaborative stance helps ensure treatment remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Stacey is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit support into busy schedules and different life situations. These options provide flexibility for people managing work, family, or mobility constraints and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.