Stacie Williams
Stacie Williams is a licensed therapist and psychotherapist based in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in anxiety, identity shifts, life transitions, and purpose-driven personal growth. With nearly three decades of experience in mental health and higher education, she has built a career supporting individuals through periods of deep change, helping them navigate emotional challenges while reconnecting with clarity, meaning, and self-understanding. Her work is grounded in both evidence-based counseling approaches and a holistic, person-centered perspective that honors each client’s values, experiences, and personal journey.
Throughout her extensive career in higher education administration, Stacie has served in leadership and counseling roles including Director of Student Affairs, Staff Counselor, and Equity Center Coordinator across multiple colleges. In these positions, she has overseen student services, crisis counseling, disability support, and campus engagement initiatives while also developing programs that improved access to mental health and community resources. She is known for her ability to support students and clients through complex challenges, including burnout, trauma, and major life transitions, while fostering environments of safety, trust, and growth.
Stacie holds advanced degrees in counseling psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Texas. She is currently transitioning into a telehealth-based private practice, allowing her to focus more deeply on one-on-one therapeutic work and greater flexibility in her life. Passionate about helping people move beyond symptom management into lasting transformation, she is especially committed to supporting clients in finding alignment, emotional healing, and a renewed sense of purpose.
• Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
• Certified Substance Abuse Counselor
• Our Lady of the Lake University- M.S.
• St. Mary's University
• The University of Texas at Austin- B.A.
• NYSOD National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award from UT Austin
• La Sociedad Hispania Student Award for Going Above and Beyond
• 10 Additional Awards in Higher Education
• Above and Beyond Crisis Management
• Associate of the Quarter
• Chairman’s Elite Award
• Employee of the Month
• Leadership Award: Inspiring Trust
• President’s Club
• San Antonio Association of Relational Therapists
• Frequent Blood Donor
• Wildlife Rescue and Rehab in Texas (Regular Donor and Former Volunteer)
• Alzheimer's Association (Regular Donor)
What do you attribute your success to?
I think a great support system, honestly. A great family, wonderful friends, colleagues, mentors. All the people who have played a role in my life, the good and the bad, to be honest. There are those who taught me how not to, what not to do, and those who taught me what to do. So all of it has shaped who I've become professionally. I have a very strong support system, so I'm very blessed. For most therapists, it's usually because they've struggled themselves, so yeah, it was my own personal challenges that fueled my desire to help other people, because I did not and do not ever want somebody to feel the way I felt growing up. I just don't want that for people, you know? It was always very important, you know, even as a child, I knew I wanted to go into the helping professions. I was always rescuing animals, and always the one that people would open up to, and so that's what drove me.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
My middle sister, who's an intuitive life coach, has always told me to follow my heart. I'm just gonna be very candid, because there's no point in not being. I mean, I've always been very successful in my career, and have never felt connected to it, aligned with it, is probably the best way to put it. I've always, you know, excelled, I've done great, and it's always been stability for me, but my passion is working one-on-one, doing the kind of therapy that you and I have just talked about. You know, actually helping somebody transform their life so that they do not have to rely on medication and can actually live their lives free, joyful, all the things we're here to be. And so, my sister has been telling me that for many years, and that was probably the best advice I ever got. Because what's the point? I mean, you know, I've been working 60, 70 hours a week at something that I'm not aligned with, and that just doesn't work.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges in my field is the high level of burnout caused by demanding institutional roles and unsustainably long work hours, which can impact both providers and the quality of care. At the same time, there is a growing opportunity to meet the increasing demand for effective anxiety treatment through flexible telehealth services, patient-centered care, and holistic approaches that support lasting healing and overall well-being.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
My passion for my private practice will be to help people overcome the root cause of their issues so that they don't have to take medication. That is my purpose in life. I'm not on medication, but I have been able to overcome my challenges, and so I want to help people overcome without relying on medication and can actually live their lives free, joyful, all the things we're here to be. Environmental and animal causes in particular are very near and dear to my heart. I love travel, gardening, yoga, meditation, anything in nature. I love walking my dog, that's my favorite thing to do. I'm very involved with several environmental and animal causes, and I am a frequent blood donor because that's something I can do that is meaningful and doesn't take much time or effort on my part.