Stacey Sugar , MD, LCPC, LPCC

Stacey Sugar is a psychotherapist who blends attachment-focused work with practical strategies to help people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and women's issues. She holds an MD and is licensed as an LCPC and LPCC, and brings 14 years of clinical experience to sessions. Stacey writes plainly with clients, helping them understand patterns that repeat in relationships and life.

Her approach centers on looking at how early connections shape current feelings and behaviors. She helps people notice old coping habits, then tries new ways of relating that feel safer and more honest. That focus can be useful for intimacy concerns, codependency, commitment questions, and attachment issues.

Stacey also uses client-centered techniques to keep sessions grounded in what each person needs right now. People set the pace while she offers reflections and practical tools. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) methods are used when clients want concrete steps to change thoughts and behaviors tied to anxiety, depression, or addictive patterns.

Sessions commonly address grief, trauma and abuse, body image, shame and guilt, and challenges at work or with identity. Stacey aims to help people build clearer boundaries, reduce isolation, and regain a stronger sense of self after life changes like separation or loss.

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She invites curiosity about old stories and supports people to try new ways of acting and relating. For those ready to look closely at patterns and practice different choices, Stacey offers steady guidance and real-world techniques.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they show up now. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and offers ways to form more secure connections. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience in the moment and uses active listening and reflection to help someone feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try small behavior and thinking changes to reduce anxiety or depression.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try different techniques to see what fits. That decision is collaborative and can shift as needs change over time.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more convenient. Video sessions let people read facial cues and practice interactions in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and short live chat or text check-ins work well for quick support or when scheduling a longer session is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same therapeutic tools as in-person work.