Stacey Hannigan

that I work with people who are very good at holding everything together and very bad at asking for help. I'm direct, occasionally funny, and I will not let you off the hook. Kindly, but still. You'll leave the first session knowing we're not here to wade around in the shallow end.

figure out why you keep reacting to things in ways that confuse even you and actually do something about it. Not just name it, not just understand it intellectually, but change it. The kind of change that shows up in your relationships, your work, and the quality of your Tuesday. Less white-knuckling. More capacity for the actual life you've built.

Direct without making you feel rushed. Warm, a little dry, and harder to shock than most. Someone who notices what you're avoiding and has a way of naming it that makes you feel seen rather than caught. The kind of therapist you can say the actual thing to without watching them carefully rearrange their face into neutrality. With occasional gallows humor.

have built a life that looks exactly right from the outside and feels inexplicably hollow from the inside. People who have done everything right and still can't quite settle. Who lie awake replaying conversations they can't explain. Who are tired in a way that a vacation doesn't touch. Who suspect the problem is older than they'd like to admit.

I am unreasonably fascinated by how humans function, myself very much included. I am a lifelong eavesdropper and therapy is the only profession where that's not considered rude. I believe one person doing their own work quietly changes everything around them — their family, their workplace, their community. That ripple goes further than most people think.

Telehealth only, licensed in Washington and Iowa, private pay with superbill provided. Sessions are 60 to 90 minutes because real work takes real time. I offer a free 15 minute consultation for people who are almost ready to do something about this but need one more nudge. Go ahead and book it. Consider this your nudge.