Stacy Jo Poffenbarger, LMHC

Stacy Jo Poffenbarger is a Florida-licensed LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) with 17 years of professional experience. She has worked with individuals facing a broad range of concerns, from stress and the anxiety or depression that can follow, to loss and the process of integrating grief into daily life. Her clinical background includes supporting people who struggle with motivation, self-esteem, and confidence, as well as caregivers managing compassion fatigue, concentration challenges, and self-care needs.

She has experience with the addicted population and with providing support to families and loved ones of people living with addiction. Her practice spans many areas including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting and eating concerns, anger, career questions, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and personality-related patterns, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, co-morbidity, codependency, communication and control issues, coping with natural or human-caused disaster, dependent personality, and domestic violence.

Stacy integrates evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness therapy, Motivational Interviewing, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, trauma-focused therapy, and systemic therapy. She stays current with new theories and treatment modalities and approaches people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, tailoring conversation and treatment plans to meet each person’s specific needs. Stacy recognizes that seeking change often takes courage and she has supported many people as they pursue more fulfilling and satisfying lives.