Psychotherapist
(she/her)
You’ve always been the competent one, the person everyone else leans on. So when your own world cracks open, people assume you’ll handle it the way you handle everything else. Maybe a loss split your life into Before and After: a partner, a parent, a child, a future you’d planned. Everyone seems to think you should be doing better by now, and some days you wonder if they’re right. Maybe it goes back further, to childhood trauma, PTSD, or anxiety that keeps you replaying the past and rehearsing every possible future. Either way, you’re tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix. You’d rather hear the truth than a pep talk, and you want someone who can handle the heavy stuff without flinching.
Grief became the heart of my work when I lost my husband, and then my father, in less than two years. I don’t share that to make it about my story, but to show that there are things you won’t have to explain to me. I am a grief tender. Like someone tending a fire, I’m not here to put anything out or hurry it along. I’m here to keep it company and make sure you’re not sitting in the dark alone. Every part of you is welcome, including the rage, the numbness and the dark jokes. I’ll take the hard parts seriously, laugh at the absurd ones with you, and probably quote too much TV.
I was born in Iowa, raised in Alaska, and spent more than a decade in Washington. The Pacific Northwest feels most like home, but a few Midwest habits still show up: I show love by feeding people, and will always be firmly against shoes worn in the house. That same instinct to make people comfortable shapes how I work. Aperture, my grief therapy offering, gives you 60, 90 or 120-minute sessions, because grief doesn’t fit in a 55-minute box. I also offer standard sessions for trauma and anxiety, plus EMDR and EMDR intensives. Everything happens online, so you can do this work from your own couch, sweatpants and dog always welcome.
Areas of Focus
Anxiety
Caregiving
Depression
Emotional Regulation / Nervous System Support
Grief & Loss
Identity
Life Transitions
PTSD / C-PTSD
Relationships & Attachment
Sexual Trauma
Trauma & Abuse
Fees
$250 per 60 min hour; longer sessions are pro-rated based on this rate, with the exception of EMDR Intensives (3+ hours). See website for Intensive pricing.
Insurance
I am not in network with any insurance companies.
Location
My practice is virtually based in Washington and Iowa.
Scheduling Information
I look forward to connecting with you. You can reach me by:
Email: stacey@hearthandpathcounseling.com
Phone: 509-218-8545
Website: https://www.hearthandpathcounseling.com/
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow.”
— Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina