Lacey Schmitt, LISW
Iowa · 6 years in practice
Lacey Schmitt is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with six years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LISW, Iowa
- 007844 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1942611751 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- 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 Lacey
Lacey Schmitt is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with six years of clinical experience. She has focused much of her work on mood disorders, trauma, grief, and aging. Lacey also brings experience from hospice social work to support people facing serious illness and end-of-life concerns.
Lacey’s style is warm and down-to-earth. She prefers to work collaboratively, mixing tools from several therapy approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions aim to help people feel heard, accepted, and more able to handle daily challenges.
Background and approach
In practice she uses techniques from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative methods, and EMDR. That variety helps when addressing anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma, grief, sleep problems, and self-esteem struggles. Lacey focuses on practical steps alongside emotional processing.
People who choose her often want an honest, straightforward relationship with their therapist. She emphasizes clear communication and sets goals together so progress is measurable. Expect a plan that fits your life and adjusts as needs change.
Lacey works with adults across a range of issues including caregiving stress, chronic illness, isolation, and workplace concerns. Her background in hospice informs how she talks about loss, meaning, and end-of-life decisions in a calm, respectful way.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lacey lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lacey names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a strong therapeutic relationship. It helps people feel heard and accepted while they work through personal concerns and make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and small skill-building steps to reduce anxiety, treat depression, and improve sleep and daily functioning.
EMDR supports processing traumatic memories and the emotional reactions linked to them. When used thoughtfully it can help reduce the intensity of troubling memories and the ways they affect day-to-day life.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan as progress and needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit different schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins or a way to work through things between longer sessions. These options help people access care with flexibility and continuity.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Lacey commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, sleep problems, self-esteem, career concerns, and compassion fatigue, among other issues.
What is her overall therapy style like?
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions are collaborative and practical, combining emotional work with skill-building.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Lacey has six years of professional counseling experience and additional experience working as a hospice social worker.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an Iowa Licensed Independent Social Worker credential (LISW) and practices from Iowa.
Which languages are supported and are international clients possible?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Lacey?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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