Lacey Gibson, LCSW

Lacey Gibson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting challenges. She keeps sessions practical and focused on small, doable changes. Conversations aim to reduce overwhelm and help people feel more steady in day-to-day life.

She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors that keep problems going. Lacey also draws on client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches to make space for feelings and strengthen how people connect to others. Motivational interviewing and narrative ideas help people clarify goals and rewrite painful stories about themselves.

With five years of experience, Lacey works with adults in California on issues like relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with family conflict, blended family stress, caregiver strain, fertility and fatherhood questions, and aging-related worries.

Sessions balance practical skill-building and emotional processing. Typical work might include identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing small behavior changes, and practicing clearer communication. She aims to make therapy feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.

Lacey offers sessions in English and provides several online formats for convenience. People who prefer structured exercises and straightforward techniques often find her approach helpful. The focus is on helping clients build steady habits and clearer ways of relating to themselves and others.

How Lacey’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. The work centers on what matters to the client and moves at their pace, helpful for people who need acceptance and clear support. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and patterns and introduces simple experiments and behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work with strong emotions and improve how they connect with others, which can be useful for intimacy and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lacey will discuss goals, preferences, and the problems you want to change and then recommend techniques that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses to keep the work practical and goal oriented.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and role-play when needed. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can support quick coping moments, written reflections, or asynchronous check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to practice skills in everyday life.