Lucia Stanfield, LMHC
Florida · 20 years in practice
Lucia Stanfield is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people face tough emotional problems.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH14998 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1629589791 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- 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 Lucia
Lucia Stanfield is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people face tough emotional problems. She focuses on clear, practical steps and a calm, respectful approach. Lucia aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful for everyday life, not full of jargon or tests.
She helps people with a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and stress related to work or caregiving.
Background and approach
Relationship struggles, intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, and challenges linked to identity and sexuality are also areas she addresses. Lucia also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with major life changes. Her way of working draws on several well-known methods such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral strategies.
In sessions she helps clients name their feelings, try small behavior changes, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Lucia describes therapy as a collaborative process. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps that fit each person's life.
Her style is steady and pragmatic, aimed at building day-to-day skills as well as deeper emotional insight. She offers services in English for people in Florida and international clients. Treatment is adapted to each person's background, values, and pace, so goals and techniques are chosen together.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lucia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful interaction patterns and access deeper feelings that affect relationships and self-worth. It can be useful when emotion, attachment, or recurring relationship cycles are central concerns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking values-based action. This approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and chronic stress by building practical coping habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current ways of connecting with others. It helps people understand repeated patterns and try new ways of relating to partners, friends, or family members.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and pace. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than assuming one single path.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can be easier to fit into busy schedules. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver consistent therapeutic work while adapting exercises and homework for remote use.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Lucia often help with?
She helps people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, grief, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career strain, bipolar concerns, and ADHD among other struggles.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is empathic and practical. She listens, helps clients name emotions, sets clear goals, and offers step-by-step strategies to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has two decades of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and region are associated with this therapist?
She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - practicing in Florida.
Can people who live outside the United States work with her?
Yes. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She conducts therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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