Lucia Stanfield, LMHC

Lucia Stanfield is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people face addiction, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with individuals who feel stuck after life changes, trauma, or loss and wants to help them build steadier days. Her manner is warm and direct, aiming to make therapy easy to understand and practical for everyday life.

Clients can expect a calm space to talk through difficult feelings and patterns. Lucia focuses on clear, usable tools for coping with stress, anger, sleep problems, and low self-esteem. She also addresses caregiving strain, work pressure, identity questions, and concerns linked to ADHD or bipolar mood shifts.

Her approach blends several evidence-based methods to match each person’s needs instead of using one fixed method. She helps clients notice what matters to them, learn new ways to respond to emotions, and practice skills that change how problems play out day to day. Sessions emphasize small steps that add up to real change.

Background and approach: Lucia trained and worked across a range of settings over two decades, accumulating experience with grief, trauma, family and intimacy-related issues, and addictions. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, and a client-centered stance to shape treatment plans.

She accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability through the site.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Lucia uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps toward a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and addiction-related urges because it focuses on doing what matters even when emotions are strong.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when relationship conflict, intimacy fears, or abandonment concerns are part of a problem. Lucia pairs these with a client-centered stance that keeps the conversation focused on each person’s priorities and experiences.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match goals, comfort level, and the specific situation. That means trying a practical tool, reviewing how it felt, and adjusting the plan together.

Session arrangements should be confirmed before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Many people find online sessions helpful for fitting therapy into busy schedules, keeping check-ins short when needed, and avoiding travel time. Talk with the therapist during the matching process about how to structure sessions to suit work, caregiving, or day-to-day demands.