Stasia Manak, LCSW

Stasia Manak is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She offers calm, direct support and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone reaching out for help.

She focuses on clear, person-centered conversations. Sessions are shaped around each person's goals and needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while talking through difficult moments like trauma, loss, or burnout.

Stasia draws on evidence-based methods to help people build coping skills. She uses practical tools to address unhelpful thoughts and to teach grounding and relaxation strategies. These tools are presented in straightforward language and practiced together in session.

Her background includes nine years of professional practice as a licensed clinical social worker, holding LCSW credentials and working with adults in Florida. That experience includes helping people facing relationship strain, career stress, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles.

Clients may also bring concerns tied to adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, first responder stress, or body image. Stasia adapts plans to each person's situation and pace, and she frames progress as small, steady steps that add up over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person rather than labels. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, follows the client's lead, and adjusts the pace and topics to what feels most helpful. It can be useful for issues like low self-esteem, life changes, and relationship communication.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions together. It uses concrete exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and try small behavior experiments. This approach often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by giving tools clients can use between sessions.

Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past events affect current reactions and safety. It uses careful pacing and grounding strategies to help people manage intense memories and build stability over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose or blend methods based on needs, goals, and what feels comfortable. That means trying things, noticing what helps, and adjusting as progress is made.

Confirm the session formats available before booking, as specific online options are not listed in the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer ways to continue learning skills between meetings. Talk with the therapist about practical preferences and scheduling when you set up the first appointment.