Stacy Park , LCSW

Stacy Park is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Knoxville, Tennessee with 34 years of clinical experience. She has built a career supporting individuals, couples, and families through life transitions, relationship challenges, mood disorders, substance use concerns, trauma, grief, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. Stacy’s background spans high-intensity hospital work focused on crisis stabilization to longer-term recovery services in community mental health settings, giving her a broad perspective on both acute and ongoing care.

She emphasizes meeting people where they are, creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space in which clients can tell their stories and explore change. Stacy brings a positive, transparent style to the therapeutic relationship and sometimes uses humor to help ease difficult conversations. She believes many of the answers clients seek already reside within them and aims to guide clients in discovering and applying those strengths.

Her clinical approach draws from motivational, strength-based, and cognitive-behavioral perspectives, and she works comfortably with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family problems, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting and blended family challenges, intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Stacy typically checks messages daily Monday through Friday and strives to respond thoughtfully while attending to each client in turn. She welcomes the opportunity to support and empower people who are ready to begin therapy.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Stacy Park draws on evidence-informed approaches adapted for remote work to help clients pursue practical change and deeper self-understanding. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a collaborative relationship so clients can explore their values and goals at their own pace - it is helpful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and building self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many mood-related challenges because it emphasizes skill-building and structured problem solving.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can be particularly helpful for people struggling with emotional regulation, chronic stress, or patterns of conflict in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Stacy works collaboratively with each person to tailor methods to individual needs, goals, and preferences. She and the client decide together which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy more flexible and accessible. These options allow clients to meet with licensed professionals from home or work, fit appointments around busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care when life changes make in-person visits difficult.