Stacey Zimmerman
Supportive CBT-informed LCSW offering practical growth
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Stacey
Stacey Zimmerman is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) whose practice blends cognitive behavioral techniques with attachment-focused, client-centered, and acceptance-based perspectives.
Background and approach
She draws on six years of clinical experience to help people untangle unhelpful patterns, identify the drivers of behavior, and build practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship difficulties. Stacey emphasizes a collaborative, nonjudgmental stance where clients are treated as the experts of their own experience.
Her background includes work across a range of settings, from community mental health and juvenile detention to therapeutic foster care, geriatric wellness-assisted living, and medical social work. Stacey also spent many years in military service and related roles prior to clinical licensing, which informs her respect for varied life contexts and systemic influences on wellbeing.
She integrates present-focused symptom management with exploration of past attachment and developmental influences, aiming to balance sensitivity with opportunities for growth. Clients can expect an analytical yet approachable style that prioritizes authentic connection and practical interventions.
Stacey invites open communication and offers therapeutic invitations rather than prescriptive advice, guiding clients through sometimes uncomfortable material while attending to their emotional safety and capacity for change.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Stacey frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another approach she employs to support clients in clarifying values, increasing psychological flexibility, and learning to make room for difficult feelings while pursuing meaningful action. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationship patterns influence present connections and emotional responses, which can be especially helpful for intimacy, abandonment, and family-of-origin concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stacey works with each client to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences, and she integrates methods over time as appropriate so treatment aligns with what the client finds most helpful.
Online therapy with Stacey is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to fit consistent care into busy schedules, continue work while traveling within accepted regions, or select the communication style that feels most comfortable while still engaging in evidence-informed therapeutic work.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Kentucky, Utah, Florida
Languages
English