Stacy Gooden, LPC

Stacy Gooden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia who brings 18 years of clinical experience and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology to her work. She has worked with adults, teenagers, children of all ages, and their families in individual, group, couples, and family counseling settings, addressing a broad range of concerns from stress and anxiety to trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, and parenting challenges.

Stacy typically uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful patterns and develop practical skills for change, and she also integrates client-centered and mindfulness-based techniques when they fit a person’s needs. Her practice includes focus areas such as blended family issues, communication problems, social anxiety, young adult transitions, and women's health concerns, among others. As a West Virginia LPC (WV LPC 2189), she combines formal training with years of hands-on work to tailor therapy to each person’s goals and life circumstances.

Stacy welcomes questions about her education and therapeutic approach and aims to create a collaborative process that supports clients as they begin their work toward greater coping, resilience, and healthier relationships.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Stacy Gooden draws from several well-established approaches to guide online work in ways that suit individual needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental partnership in which the therapist listens closely and supports a person’s own goals and pace; this approach is useful when clients want a collaborative space to explore values, identity, and personal growth.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to distress and teaching practical strategies to change them. CBT can be effective for issues such as anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness therapy offers simple practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with stress, emotion regulation, and managing intrusive thoughts.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Stacy works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. Online therapy provides practical flexibility - sessions by video or phone, live chat, and text-based messaging allow clients to access care from home, balance schedules more easily, and continue support through life transitions while working with licensed professionals and therapists committed to effective treatment.