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Stacey Zimmerman

Relationship-focused therapy with practical tools

LCSW Florida

Experience
6 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Stacey

Stacey Zimmerman is a licensed clinical social worker who uses relationship-focused methods like the Gottman Method alongside practical therapies to help people navigate strong emotions and life changes. She blends talk and skill-building so clients can notice patterns and try new ways of responding.

Background and approach

Stacey keeps language plain and invites authenticity in sessions. She draws on six years of clinical experience and earlier military service to bring calm, steady attention to each person’s story.

Her background includes community mental health, juvenile detention, therapeutic foster care, geriatric assisted living, medical social work, and independent practice. Those settings shaped her approach to real-life stress, grief, trauma, and mood challenges.

Stacey uses a mix of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools. She often looks at how past experiences connect to present behavior and teaches small, doable practices to reduce anxiety and improve coping.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She pays attention to attachment, boundaries, communication patterns, and the ways people try to stay safe or connected.

Stacey encourages openness and asks clients to point out when a session feels overwhelming so she can adjust the work. Her style aims to be analytical but simple and grounded.

Stacey helps with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain. She also addresses attachment issues, body image, codependency, and family-of-origin topics.

Sessions focus on practical steps clients can use between meetings. Based in Florida, Stacey provides services in English and draws on a range of therapeutic tools to meet each person where they are.

She asks clients to be honest about goals so the work stays targeted and useful.

How relational approaches translate to online therapy

Stacey blends Gottman Method concepts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to guide online work. The Gottman Method informs how she pays attention to interaction patterns and communication habits and helps people practice healthier responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to values-based actions, which can reduce avoidance and increase purposeful living. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape present behavior and helps people build more supported ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stacey will talk with each person about goals, life context, and what feels most useful, then shape sessions around those preferences. Clients and therapist try techniques and adjust as needed until the fit works.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make work more flexible. Video lets people practice communication and nonverbal work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging offers shorter reflections between appointments. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving, or school and make it easier to keep momentum between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Stacey address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, and relationships.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, mixing relationship-focused work with practical exercises from ACT and CBT to change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience and earlier service in the U.S. Army, Reserves, and National Guard that shaped her work in many settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with credentials in Kentucky and Florida and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients served?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule per therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseAnger management

Also works with

LGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Licensed in

Kentucky, Utah, Florida

Languages

English