Stacy Lepley

My clients describe me as:

"Stacy excels at creating a safe space." "Stacy brings clarity to my thoughts and emotions, helping me understand better."

Something to know about my approach is:

I do not pathologize clients symptoms from lived experiences. I do not diagnosis. To be truly trauma-informed one must accept diagnosis is pathologizing another's lived experience. I believe symptoms are evidence of the impact experiences have caused

Together, we will:

Through genuine, and affirming care I support clients in developing an awareness of their symptoms as signals, insight of the cause/effect experiences have, and rethinking what we tell ourselves about our experiences, their impact, and who we are.

I specialize in working with people who:

have experienced multiple traumas throughout their life time, are high achievers aka recovering perfectionist, neurodivergent, have been marginalized, oppressed, abused and are "system disruptors."

I became a therapist because:

I have found therapy helpful in my own life since childhood. However, I do not like the "system" of traditional therapy, I offer something different.

Something that stands out about where I offer therapy is:

Telehealth makes therapy more accessible. I utilize an economic justice sliding scale, the "Green Bottle Method," to increase accessibility.

More about me and my practice:

My practice is anti-pathologizing, trauma-informed, anti-colonization, and anti-capitalist. I am constantly questioning how one can be "in the system but not part of it." I attempt to uphold these values in practice policies and procedures.