Lacey Schmitt , LISW

Lacey Schmitt is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with six years of professional counseling experience. She focuses on mood disorders, trauma, grief, and challenges that often come with major life transitions. Her background includes extensive hospice social work, which shaped her approach to end-of-life care and caregiver stress.

Lacey keeps her style warm and down-to-earth. She prefers plain talk over jargon and builds practical plans with each person. Sessions aim to help people feel heard, accepted, and more able to manage day-to-day struggles like sleep problems, anxiety, or low self-esteem.

She draws on a mix of approaches rather than a single method. That lets her tailor tools to problems such as panic, bipolar symptoms, or chronic pain and illness. She also supports people coping with isolation, loss, or the emotional toll of caregiving.

Lacey values clarity and honesty in the therapeutic relationship. She focuses on straightforward communication while helping people learn skills and try new ways of handling stress. Progress is seen as small, steady changes that add up over time.

People connect with her practical attitude and steady presence. She works with adults in Iowa and conducts sessions in English. Her practice offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people find their own solutions; this is useful for stress, low self-esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood symptoms.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a structured method used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity. It can help people who are coping with trauma or abuse and related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. Clients take an active role as the therapist suggests tools and checks in on progress.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy days and to keep steady momentum between meetings.