- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Lucia
Lucia Stanfield is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience who helps parents and individuals navigate stressful seasons. She focuses on everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting concerns in a calm, straightforward way. Sessions aim to be practical and supportive so people can try small changes that fit their life.
Lucia offers a warm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through painful memories, identity questions, and work pressures.
Background and approach
She listens for what matters most and helps clients build clearer priorities and habits that reduce stress. The work can include learning new coping skills, strengthening connections, and managing strong emotions. Her background includes long experience with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, and substance-related concerns, as well as issues around grief, intimacy, and self-esteem.
She also supports people facing complex life adjustments such as caregiving, chronic illness, adoption and foster care, and career changes. Those areas are woven into sessions with practical techniques and steady support. Lucia uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, drawing on evidence-based tools and relationship-focused work.
She collaborates with clients to set clear goals and measure small gains along the way. The emphasis is on realistic steps that create lasting shifts in day-to-day life. People who work with Lucia can expect an experienced clinician who balances direct skill teaching with empathic listening.
She aims to help clients feel more capable, less overwhelmed, and better able to handle the demands of parenting and other responsibilities.
What Lucia works with
Everything Lucia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lucia helps people with.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lucia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting and life work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then act on what matters most. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck during big life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. That collaborative planning means approaches can be mixed or adjusted as new needs emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a camera isn’t preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or working through small steps between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Lucia
What concerns does Lucia commonly help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including parenting stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship struggles, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and direct. She blends skill teaching with listening so clients leave with clear tools they can use day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Lucia brings 20 years of experience as a clinician working with mood disorders, trauma, relationship issues, and complex life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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