Stacy is a lifelong learner who has always felt passionately about holistic living, natural and spiritual healing, personal growth, and creative expression. She’s a survivor, having recovered from deep childhood wounds, sexual assault, and chronic illness.
For many years, she was a veteran of the Beauty Industry, having maintained a successful career as a Licensed Esthetician and Makeup and Brow Artist for over 3 decades, building and maintaining her client base across the Entertainment Industry and with private clients, which helped her develop deep relationship-building and client attunement skills that, in addition to her own healing journey, led to a career shift into therapy in 2014.
She is currently an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, License #164017, and a member of AAMFT ID# 262397, and sees clients under the supervision of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Rhisie Hengtes, License #90416. She is working toward full licensure in partnership with the NESS Counseling Center of Los Angeles and offers a range of therapeutic services to a variety of populations.
Stacy holds two Associate degrees, one in Arts & Humanities and the other in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Santa Monica College. She earned two research-heavy degrees: a BA in Psychology from UCLA, and an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Cal State University Northridge. She has certifications and training in coaching through UCLA’s Stand For All program, as well as in Suicide Assessment, Disaster Response, and Crisis Management from Didi Hirsch. She holds continuing education certifications in Human Trafficking, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy for Attachment Trauma, and Effective Treatments for Personality Disorders and more. At NESS, she works with a combination of court-mandated and self-referred clients ranging in support needs for substance use, sexual offenses, criminality, mood and personality disorders, as well as those who are grieving, dealing with depression and anxiety disorders, relational challenges, chronic illness, and those simply seeking self-improvement. She works with adults of all genders. She sees couples, families, and individuals. Her approach is psychoanalytic, emotionally focused, and trauma-informed. She balances processing with skills-building to reach goals.
She’s also a business owner and the creator of Radiant Survivorship, a web-based resource database for cancer survivors. In her spare time, she’s a singer/songwriter, writer, music lover, yogi, animal mom, a 3-time cancer survivor & Metavivor, and an avid meditator. She enjoys immersive healing experiences like sound baths, Holotropic Breathwork, and South American medicine ceremonies. She values both traditional/alternative and conventional/allopathic approaches to health and wellbeing. She has a level 2 Reiki certification and has studied mindfulness and Transpersonal Meditation at the TM Center in Los Angeles. In her twenties, she studied Tarot, Astrology & Mediumship at the Historic Learning Light Foundation for Spiritual and Metaphysical Studies, and continues her education today, studying Transpersonal Psychology with the Pneuma Institute. She continues to develop her therapeutic skills through continuing education and research in both mainstream/conventional, evidence-based methods and traditional/alternative practices.
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Stacy is a lifelong learner who has always felt passionately about holistic living, personal growth, and creative expression. She’s a survivor, having healed from deep childhood wounds, sexual assault, and chronic illness.
For many years, she was a veteran of the Beauty Industry, having maintained a successful career as a Licensed Esthetician and Makeup and Brow Artist for over 3 decades, building and maintaining her client base across the Entertainment Industry and with private clients, which helped her develop deep relationship-building and client attunement skills that in addition to her own healing journey, led to a career shift into therapy in 2014.
She is currently an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, License #526745, and a member of AAMFT ID# 262397, who sees clients under the supervision of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Rhisie Hengtes, License #90416. She is working toward full licensure in partnership with the NESS Counseling Center of Los Angeles and offers a range of therapeutic services to a variety of populations.
Stacy holds two Associate degrees, one in Arts & Humanities and the other in Social and Behavioral Sciences, from Santa Monica College. She earned her BA in Psychology from UCLA, and acquired her MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from Cal State University Northridge. She has extensive certifications and training in coaching through UCLA’s Stand For All program, as well as in Suicide Assessment, Disaster Response, and Crisis Management from Didi Hirsch. She holds additional continuing education certifications in Human Trafficking, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy for Attachment Trauma, and Effective Treatments for Personality Disorders. At NESS, she works with a combination of court-mandated and self-referred clients ranging in support needs for substance use, sexual offenses, criminality, mood and personality disorders, as well as those who are grieving, dealing with depression and anxiety disorders, relational challenges, chronic illness, and those simply seeking self-improvement. She works with adults of all genders. She sees couples, families, and individuals. Her approach is psychotherapeutic, emotionally focused, and trauma-informed. She balances processing with skills-building to reach goals.
In her spare time, she’s a singer, writer, music lover, yogi, animal mom, a 3-time cancer survivor & Metavivor, and an avid meditator. She enjoys immersive healing experiences like sound baths and Holotropic Breathwork, and has participated in both medicine-assisted psychotherapy and South American Medicine ceremonies. She has a level 2 Reiki certification and has studied both mindfulness and Transpersonal Meditation at the TM Center in Los Angeles. In her twenties, she studied Tarot, Astrology & Mediumship at the Historic Learning Light Foundation for Spiritual and Metaphysical Studies, and continues her education today, studying Transpersonal Psychology with the Pneuma Institute. She continues to develop her therapeutic skills through continuing education and research in both mainstream conventional evidence-based methods and traditional alternative practices.
Bio
“I am an emotionally focused, trauma-informed therapist who leans into Psychoanalysis when appropriate to support change. I approach sessions from an attachment, strength-based, and resiliency-focused lens, giving space to personal narratives while applying unconditional positive regard to my clients.
I encourage clients to tune in to their subconscious processes to observe and understand unconscious motivations, increasing empowerment through self-awareness and helping to eliminate patterns of negative thinking and belief systems that are detrimental to their well-being through insight, self-acceptance, skills building, and behavior change.
I include systemic and culturally attuned conceptualization considerations in my treatment plans, and I champion clients whether they need trauma recovery, support during challenging circumstances, space to process and heal, or to create goals and achieve them.
This approach is helpful whether you are coming to therapy for self-improvement, having relationship challenges, grieving, struggling with substance use, anxiety, depression, or living with a chronic illness or mental health diagnosis.”
-Stacy Withrow M.S., AMFT #164017
