Pietruck Therapy Services
Therapy Services
Stacy Tomczyk, LLMSW
(she/they)
Where she studied:
Bachelor of Art History
– University of Michigan
Master of Social Work
– University of Michigan
Master of Historic Preservation
– University of Columbia
What she does at Pietruck Therapy Services
Psychotherapist
Location:
Ann Arbor
Contact:
Meet Stacy
A book that you think everyone should read:
Dune by Frank Herbert
What is your favorite place?
Being out in nature. Hiking and biking new trails, or swimming in waterfalls or in the Great Lakes.
Other than mental health, what is something you’re passionate about?
Gardening is one of my favorite things to do.
What is your favorite quote?
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ― Rumi
What is your favorite way to move your body?
Biking, shadow boxing, and yoga flow
Who is your ideal client?
I believe in meeting clients where they are every session. An ideal client for me is open to meeting themselves where they are as well so that we can together form a strong therapeutic alliance aimed at addressing their needs.
Why do you like being a therapist?
I enjoy offering people a compassionate and supportive space to help hold some of life’s most challenging complexities and a place to explore fundamental questions around meaning and existence.
What is something you wish people knew about therapy?
By helping people get in touch with their inner drives, values, and strengths, therapy can empower change, growth, and healing not only on an individual level but within our communities and society.
Why/how can people benefit from therapy?
Therapy can be a healing, liberating, and empowering process as we build upon communication skills, self-acceptance, and self-esteem, as well as awareness around embedded narratives we have accumulated throughout our lives. It can be a relief to find freedom within mental illness and finding control over things like anxiety, anger, stress, and depression.
What is something you’d like clients to know about you (or how you work)?
My approach is mindful, non-judgmental, eclectic, and psychodynamic. I invite and challenge clients to build a stronger connection with themselves by using a strengths- based, evidence- based and holistic approach. Therapy is an exploratory process where both/all people in the room are learners and teachers. I use a mixed-methods approach which takes from Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and other evidence-based techniques. I am inviting of all identities and backgrounds and work from a feminist, non-heteronormative, anti-racist lens and have a focus in working with LGTBQIA+, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities as well as those in non-traditional relationships.
What does success in therapy look like to you?
Your therapy goals are created by you and modified every few months. I am there to support you on this path by providing a completely private and non-judgmental space to process and explore, to provide resources and insight, and challenge limits around these goals.
What are your thoughts about the “stigma” of therapy?
Therapy is still often stigmatized, but people are beginning to realize that seeking therapy is a sign of resilience and that seeking it out shows a deep desire to heal, grow, and live well.
Populations:
Young Adults & Adults
Treatment Modalities:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment Theory
- Breath Work
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Compassion Focused Therapy
- Creative Expression/Art Therapy
- Development of Rituals
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Theory & Therapy
- Expressive Therapy
- Family Systems
- Gottman Therapy Level I
- Holistic Therapy
- Inner Child/“Parts” Work
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Meditation and Mindful Movement
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Meditation Coaching
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Somatic Therapy
- Sport Psychology
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Trauma Informed Care
- Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Professional Specializations
- Addiction and Codependency
- ADHD (Adult/Child)
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Attachment
- Athletes/Former Athletes
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain and Illness
- Coping Skills
- Cultivating Joy
- Depression
- Disability Adjustment
- Ecopsychology
- Educators
- Emotional Regulation
- Empowerment-Based
- Finding Your Truth
- Folx Trying to Break Generational Cycles
- Food and Body
- Gender Identity/Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Grief and Loss
- HAES (Health At Every Size)
- Healers and Healthcare Workers
- Health Concerns
- Identity Discovery, Loss & Building
- Infertility
- Insomnia
- Integrative/Holistic Therapy
- Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
- LGBTQIA2S+ & Questioning folx
- Life Transitions
- Meditation
- Mind-Body Connection + Focus on Nutrition
- Mindfulness
- OCD
- Other Helping Professionals and Fellow Therapists
- Pain Management
- Parenting
- Personal Empowerment
- Phobias
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Suicidal Ideation
- Sport and Performance Psychology
- Social Skills
- Stress
- Substance Abuse and Codependency
- Terminal Illness
- Trauma
- Type-A Personality
- Women’s Health & Postpartum
- Work/Life Balance
Stacy Tomczyk, LLMSW
(she/they)
Where she studied:
Bachelor of Art History
– University of Michigan
Master of Social Work
– University of Michigan
Master of Historic Preservation
– University of Columbia
What she does at Pietruck Therapy Services
Psychotherapist
Location:
Ann Arbor
Contact:
Meet Stacy
A book that you think everyone should read:
Dune by Frank Herbert
What is your favorite place?
Being out in nature. Hiking and biking new trails, or swimming in waterfalls or in the Great Lakes.
Other than mental health, what is something you’re passionate about?
Gardening is one of my favorite things to do.
What is your favorite quote?
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ― Rumi
What is your favorite way to move your body?
Biking, shadow boxing, and yoga flow
Who is your ideal client?
I believe in meeting clients where they are every session. An ideal client for me is open to meeting themselves where they are as well so that we can together form a strong therapeutic alliance aimed at addressing their needs.
Why do you like being a therapist?
I enjoy offering people a compassionate and supportive space to help hold some of life’s most challenging complexities and a place to explore fundamental questions around meaning and existence.
What is something you wish people knew about therapy?
By helping people get in touch with their inner drives, values, and strengths, therapy can empower change, growth, and healing not only on an individual level but within our communities and society.
Why/how can people benefit from therapy?
Therapy can be a healing, liberating, and empowering process as we build upon communication skills, self-acceptance, and self-esteem, as well as awareness around embedded narratives we have accumulated throughout our lives. It can be a relief to find freedom within mental illness and finding control over things like anxiety, anger, stress, and depression.
What is something you’d like clients to know about you (or how you work)?
My approach is mindful, non-judgmental, eclectic, and psychodynamic. I invite and challenge clients to build a stronger connection with themselves by using a strengths- based, evidence- based and holistic approach. Therapy is an exploratory process where both/all people in the room are learners and teachers. I use a mixed-methods approach which takes from Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, and other evidence-based techniques. I am inviting of all identities and backgrounds and work from a feminist, non-heteronormative, anti-racist lens and have a focus in working with LGTBQIA+, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming communities as well as those in non-traditional relationships.
What does success in therapy look like to you?
Your therapy goals are created by you and modified every few months. I am there to support you on this path by providing a completely private and non-judgmental space to process and explore, to provide resources and insight, and challenge limits around these goals.
What are your thoughts about the “stigma” of therapy?
Therapy is still often stigmatized, but people are beginning to realize that seeking therapy is a sign of resilience and that seeking it out shows a deep desire to heal, grow, and live well.
Populations:
Young Adults & Adults
Treatment Modalities:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment Theory
- Breath Work
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Compassion Focused Therapy
- Creative Expression/Art Therapy
- Development of Rituals
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Theory & Therapy
- Expressive Therapy
- Family Systems
- Gottman Therapy Level I
- Holistic Therapy
- Inner Child/“Parts” Work
- Integrative Therapy
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Meditation and Mindful Movement
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness and Meditation Coaching
- Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychoeducation
- Somatic Therapy
- Sport Psychology
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Trauma Informed Care
- Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Professional Specializations
- Addiction and Codependency
- ADHD (Adult/Child)
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Attachment
- Athletes/Former Athletes
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Bullying
- Chronic Pain and Illness
- Coping Skills
- Cultivating Joy
- Depression
- Disability Adjustment
- Ecopsychology
- Educators
- Emotional Regulation
- Empowerment-Based
- Finding Your Truth
- Folx Trying to Break Generational Cycles
- Food and Body
- Gender Identity/Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Grief and Loss
- HAES (Health At Every Size)
- Healers and Healthcare Workers
- Health Concerns
- Identity Discovery, Loss & Building
- Infertility
- Insomnia
- Integrative/Holistic Therapy
- Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
- LGBTQIA2S+ & Questioning folx
- Life Transitions
- Meditation
- Mind-Body Connection + Focus on Nutrition
- Mindfulness
- OCD
- Other Helping Professionals and Fellow Therapists
- Pain Management
- Parenting
- Personal Empowerment
- Phobias
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Suicidal Ideation
- Sport and Performance Psychology
- Social Skills
- Stress
- Substance Abuse and Codependency
- Terminal Illness
- Trauma
- Type-A Personality
- Women’s Health & Postpartum
- Work/Life Balance
Background
Stacy has previous training and work experience in crisis intervention, community outreach, case management, and severe and persistent mental illness treatment. She has worked in outpatient with young adults to the elderly providing individual, in-office, community, and home-based therapy, as well as co-occurring group therapy. As an Assertive Community Treatment team therapist and case manager at Community Mental Health she worked with clients and their natural supports to help individuals overcome crises and to live a more fulfilling life within their communities.
