Online therapy — all of Missouri
Life can be tough. You don’t have to go it alone. Help is available.
Therapy for Missouri adults working through trauma, anxiety, depression, and the other major life stressors. New client appointments available within 1-2 weeks.
- Licensed in Missouri
- In network with 7 major insurers
- 100% virtual
- HIPAA-secure platform
Life hurts
You’ve managed on your own long enough.
Most people wait years before they call anyone. They tell themselves it isn’t bad enough yet, or that other people have it worse, or that it should be easier than this. See if any of these sound familiar.
- “It’s 3am again and my brain is racing.”
- “I keep ending up in the same kind of relationship, with the same ending.”
- “Nothing is wrong, exactly. I just don’t feel like myself anymore.”
- “Something happened years ago and it’s still running my life.”
- “Getting through an ordinary day takes everything I have.”
- “There’s a voice in my head that would never speak to a friend the way it speaks to me.”
If you read more than one of those and felt something land, you’re in the right place.
I understand
Reaching out is not weakness.
Healing often begins when we stop trying to handle everything alone and reaching out for support is a sign of strength.
Letting someone in can be an important step forward. You are not a burden for needing care, understanding or support.
Therapy is a collaborative process where you and the therapist work together on your goals. It is an investment in yourself and a chance to make room for growth, change and hope. Ideally, it is a place to be heard, understood, and validated; to give voice to experiences you may have carried alone.
What I help with
Where we might start.
Therapy offers a confidential space to slow down, untangle problems, gain insight and new skills, and begin moving toward the life and relationships you want.
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Trauma therapy
A type of counseling that helps you heal from overwhelming and painful experiences so they no longer have so much control over how you feel, think and live.
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Anxiety therapy
Helps you understand what is making you feel worried or afraid. Learn tools to feel calmer, more confident and more in control.
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Depression therapy
Helps you work through thoughts, feelings, habits and life challenges that keep you feeling down, while building practical skills to feel more helpful and encouraged in life.
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Life transitions
Helps you cope with major changes such as a new job, a move, relationship changes, loss - so you can mange the stress, adjust and move forward.
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Relationship patterns
Helps you understand and break unhealthy patterns of relating and learn healthier ways to build relationships.
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Individual therapy
One-to-one safe space to talk through whatever feels confusing, stressful, or diffcult - even if you are not sure what the problem is yet.
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I am here to help
Meet Stacey Stefanski
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor serving residents in the state of Missouri.
My therapeutic style is warm, collaborative and grounded in genuine human connection. I aim to create a space where clients feel safe enough to be honest, vulnerable and fully themselves - without form of judgement.
I incorporate faith and spirituality if desired.
I approach clients with empathy, curiosity and respect. I desire that clients feel heard, understood and validated. I also try to provide gentle challenges.
Humor has a place in my work. I feel laughter is good medicine.
I ask questions. I’m curious about the parts of your story you skip past. I’ll challenge you when I think you’re being harder on yourself than the facts support, and I’ll say so plainly when something you’ve described sounds like it hurt. There’s room for humor here too — hard conversations don’t have to be joyless ones.
What you won’t get from me is judgment about how long it took you to get here.
Convienient, timely mental health support when you need it. No Waitlist.
Help you can actually get to.
The hardest part of finding a therapist is often the part nobody warns you about: deciding to go, working up to the call, and then being told the next opening is a year away. By then the moment has usually passed.
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Start in 1-2 weeks
Book an appointment today, online, at a time that work for you.
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From anywhere private
You can attend a session from anywhere convienient for you: your living room, a parked car, a spare office at lunch. No waiting room, no drive, no bumping into someone you know.
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HIPAA-secure platform
Sessions run on an encrypted video platform built for healthcare. Sessions are both private and confidential.
Affordable options
$150 a session — or your insurance co-pay.
My fee is $150 per 50 minute session.
Scholarships are avaiable based on individual need and circumstance.
Payment is due at the time of your appointment.
Payment is made via all major debit/credit cards or FSA cards.
I am a contracted in-network with seven major insurers. When you book a session, Headway checks your benefits and shows you exactly what you’ll owe before you book a session.
- Aetna
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Oscar
- Oxford
- UnitedHealthcare
How it works
Three easy steps to book an appointment:
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Pick a time
Access my calendar and choose a slot that works for you. It takes less than two minutes and you can do it yourself.
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Register with Headway
Headway handles scheduling and billing for my practice. You’ll enter your insurance details once, and it will confirm your co-pay before you commit.
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Join your first session
A link arrives by email. To join the session, click the link at at your appointment time.
Common questions
Before you book.
No. I’m licensed in Missouri, and a therapist can only work with clients who are physically located in the state where they hold a license. You need to be in Missouri during our sessions — not just have a Missouri address.
I’m in network with Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Oscar, Oxford and UnitedHealthcare. If out-of-network, sessions are $150. I can provide a superbill to submit to your insurer for reimbursement. More on rates and insurance.
Fifty minutes. Generally, I meet with people once a week, but the level of support you need is up to you.
For the things I treat — anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions — research has repeatedly found virtual therapy works about as well as in-person. What matters far more than the format is good therapist-client fit.
If you are struggling: reaching out for support can be one, small courageous step toward feeling more like yourself again.
Life can be tough, but you don't have to go it alone. Help is available.