Stacey Sugar, MD, LCPC, LPCC
Maryland · 14 years in practice
Stacey Sugar, MD LCPC LPCC, centers her work on helping people find meaning and choice in their lives.
License and registration
- LCPC, Maryland
- LC4288 · expires January 2028
- LPCC, California
- 10045 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1467714469 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Stacey
Stacey Sugar, MD LCPC LPCC, centers her work on helping people find meaning and choice in their lives. She uses Existential ideas alongside attachment and client-centered approaches to help people notice what matters and begin making changes. Her style is direct but supportive, focusing on real moments and practical steps.
Stacey has 14 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She helps people facing grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports people coping with life transitions, career concerns, and feelings of isolation. Her sessions often look at how past patterns affect present choices. Stacey pays attention to attachment issues, abandonment fears, and codependency so people can understand repeated reactions.
She also addresses communication problems, control issues, and difficulties tied to family of origin or divorce and separation. Practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy are combined with mindfulness and hypnotherapy techniques when useful. The therapist uses client-centered listening to help people name their feelings and make decisions that fit their values.
Work may include small behavioral experiments, thought work, and reflective exercises. Stacey aims to move at each person’s pace. She encourages testing new ways of being in relationships and everyday life.
The goal is clearer self-knowledge, better coping, and more freedom to choose how to live going forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Stacey lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Stacey names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Stacey blends Existential Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy with client-centered listening. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility to help people face life changes and feel more purposeful. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people change repeating patterns that cause distance or anxiety.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most helpful. Together they shape a plan that may combine exploring values, strengthening attachment patterns, and using practical CBT-style techniques when needed.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for ongoing support between sessions or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep progress steady over time.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem and career concerns among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach blends Existential ideas with client-centered care and practical CBT tools. Sessions aim to clarify values, notice patterns, and try small changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Stacey has 14 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
Credentials shown are MD, LCPC, and LPCC and the therapist practices in California.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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