Stacey is an attorney and mental health professional who has focused on offering services to the family law community as an expert witness in the area of timesharing and parenting plans for fifteen years. Stacey has been recognized as an expert and completed hundreds of social investigations/parenting plan evaluations, often requiring testimony in court. She serves as a Guardian ad litem, offers supervised parent-child visits, and is a Qualified Parenting Coordinator in the fourth and seventh judicial circuits of Florida. Stacey has also developed and taught psychoeducational classes in managing family conflict.
Stacey has extensive experience working with children, parents, and families in difficult situations that often involve allegations of domestic violence and parental alienation. This experience began in the State Attorney's Office and included assignment to the Special Assault Unit. Stacey's dual qualifications as an attorney and mental health professional give her unique perspective and insight into dysfunctional family dynamics.
Stacey believes that one person can break a cycle of conflict by changing their own thoughts and behavior. Stacey's goal is to help families manage their conflict so they can live happier, more fulfilling lives. A child's ability to adjust and adapt to a situation is directly related to how well the adults in their life cope.
Serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding counties
Stacey is a native Floridian who raised three boys in Clay County, Florida. Stacey graduated from the University of Florida Fisher School of Accounting (Bachelor of Science with Honors), University of Florida College of Law (Juris Doctor), and National Louis University (Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling). Stacey serves as an adjunct faculty member at National Louis University. Stacey's interests include bicycling, boating, beaching, skiing, wakeboarding, stand up paddle boarding, and spending time with her family. Her charitable interests include:
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Hope Haven
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Captains for Clean Water
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Buddy Up Tennis
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K9's for Warriors
Stacey's professional activities include membership in the Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beaches, and St. Johns County Bar Associations, American Counseling Association, Florida Mental Health Counselors Association, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Collaborative Family Law Group of North Florida, and Section Editor of The Practitioner Scholar: Journal of the International Trauma Training Institute.
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