Stacy Uptain, LMFT

Stacy Uptain is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Nevada who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship troubles, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and works to make early steps in therapy feel doable for someone who may be nervous about starting. Stacy emphasizes clients' strengths and treats them as the expert on their own lives.

She draws on practical approaches to help people handle day-to-day problems and recurring patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her work and she uses it to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. The Gottman Method informs how she approaches relationship concerns and communication problems in concrete ways.

Stacy also uses solution-focused techniques to set short-term goals and build momentum between sessions. That often looks like setting one or two clear next steps, then reviewing what worked and what did not at the next meeting. She favors small, achievable changes that add up over time.

With 15 years of experience as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Stacy has helped people navigate issues such as abandonment, infidelity, family problems, and forgiveness. She also supports people working through shame, guilt, impulsivity, loneliness, and questions about life purpose.

Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled around each person's needs. Stacy encourages people to take the first step, complete a short matching questionnaire, and arrange a meeting time that fits their life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Stacy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT work online often includes tracking moods, testing small behavioral experiments, and practicing new responses between sessions.

The Gottman Method informs her work when communication and relationship patterns are involved, offering specific exercises and conversation skills to try during and after sessions. Solution-Focused Therapy complements these methods by prioritizing small, concrete goals and steps that create early progress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Stacy will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor techniques from these approaches. She checks in regularly to shift focus based on what is helping.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and interactive exercises, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging allow brief check-ins and progress notes between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.