Stacey Richard-Baal, LCSW, LISW

About Stacey

Stacey Richard-Baal is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in Iowa. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and challenges around intimacy. Parents and adults facing life changes often turn to her for practical guidance and steady support.

Stacey emphasizes partnership in therapy. She uses a mix of approaches that include solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral strategies, client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness practices.

Background and approach

Sessions aim to clarify goals, identify small steps forward, and build daily skills that reduce distress. Her background includes more than 11 years in the mental health field, with experience supporting people through workplace conflict, divorce and separation, domestic violence, panic, and women's issues. She also helps young adults who are managing transitions into new stages of life.

In sessions she focuses on clear problem solving and practical coping tools. Conversations are guided by the client’s priorities and paced to their needs. Stacey works to create a plan that fits each person’s life rather than imposing a one-size-fits-all approach.

If someone is considering therapy, Stacey offers a straightforward path to begin. Prospective clients complete a short questionnaire that helps match goals and scheduling preferences. From there they can arrange appointments and begin working toward manageable changes.

How chosen approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects back what matters most, and helps identify personal goals. This approach is useful for people who want a supportive space to sort through emotions and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions often include simple take-home exercises, tracking patterns, and testing small changes. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related problems.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches awareness of thoughts and bodily reactions. Short mindfulness practices and attention skills are introduced to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping. This can help with anxiety, anger, and persistent worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. They collaborate to try methods, adjust plans, and focus on what helps in real life.

The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, shorten a check-in during a lunch break, or allow sessions when being on camera is not desired. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so people can keep building skills between meetings.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Stacey commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include communication problems, divorce and separation, domestic violence, panic, women's issues, workplace challenges, and young adult concerns.

What is her general approach in therapy?

Her style is collaborative and goal-focused. She blends client-centered listening with solution-focused work, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and mindfulness tools to create a plan that fits each person's needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has worked in the mental health field for 11 years supporting people through life transitions, workplace stress, grief, and trauma among other issues.

What credentials and region are listed?

Stacey holds the credentials LCSW and LISW and is based in Iowa. Her credential entries include WI LCSW and IA LISW as provided.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know whether sessions are offered by video, phone, or in person.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 11 years
Licensed: Iowa, Wisconsin
Languages: English

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