About Stacie
Dr. Stacie Billingsley draws on 16 years of clinical experience as an Illinois-licensed counselor to guide people through complicated emotional and life challenges.
Background and approach
Her practice incorporates evidence-informed methods while emphasizing compassionate, client-centered care that honors each person’s story and strengths. She addresses depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and major life transitions with practical tools and thoughtful support.
Dr. Billingsley also works with concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, addictions, LGBT issues, career struggles, and compassion fatigue, along with a range of family and attachment-related problems.
Using approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy, she helps clients develop coping strategies, improve communication, and explore values that guide meaningful change.
Her sessions aim to create a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where individuals can build resilience, clarify goals, and move forward from pain toward more satisfying patterns of living.
Online Approaches That Fit Your Needs
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take actions aligned with those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for managing anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting focus from symptom elimination to meaningful living. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skills training, which can reduce distress related to mood, anxiety, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on exploring and reshaping emotional responses to improve connection and resolve interpersonal pain.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Dr. Billingsley collaborates with each client to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. She integrates techniques as needed and adjusts the plan over time so treatment stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to enhance accessibility and scheduling flexibility. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care around work, family, and other commitments while accessing licensed professional support tailored to the issues being addressed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English