Dr. Stacey Skowronski, LCSW, CST (she/her)

Hi, and welcome to my page dedicated to continuing education and professional resources for clinicians!  I'm a therapist, private practice owner, and neurodivergent-affirming educator and activist who specializes in providing individual, couples, and sex therapy to adults and couples.

With over 15 years of clinical experience, I am passionate about creating supportive, affirming spaces where introspection becomes a catalyst for positive identity development, deepened self-trust, and access to one’s innate strengths and creativity—all in service of helping clients reach their therapy goals and build fulfilling, values-aligned lives.

Over the past several years, I have developed educational resources to help clinicians understand how systemic factors contribute to clients’ presenting concerns.  I created Pleasure for Pleasers, an online program that explores how patriarchy and capitalism shape—and often suppress—women’s sexual desire, pleasure, and paths to liberation.

I also created the Neurodivergent Affirming Trainings for Clinicians, as well as the Neurodivergent Strengths and Traits Workbook: Resourcing and Affirming Care for ADHD’ers and Autistics, which offers an alternative to the medical model of disability by challenging systemic ableism and providing a framework for affirming, effective care. The workbook is designed to support positive identity development by resourcing—rather than pathologizing—neurodivergent traits, helping clients navigate a world that often fails to understand, value, or accommodate their differences.

I am deeply invested in addressing these systemic barriers by critically examining the cultural and structural forces that limit the mental health field through pathologizing and non-inclusive practices.

In my therapy practice, I aim to integrate models that are affirming, inclusive, trauma-informed, strengths-based, liberation-focused, and sex-positive. At the upcoming AASECT Conference in June 2025, I will offer insights into how masking—often rooted in moral injury—impacts intimacy, access to pleasure, sexual expression, and relationship negotiation in ADHDers and Autistics. 

Education:

• PhD, Human Sexuality Education, Clinical Concentration, Widener University

• Master of Social Work, The University of Chicago

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Lake Forest College

Certifications and Affiliations:

• Certified Sex Therapist (CST), AASECT

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

• Becoming a Neurodivergent Affirming Clinician (BLourenco, Cascadia Training)

• Decolonizing Therapy for Black Folks (Kindred Wellness, University of Maryland School of Social Work)

• Rape Victim Advocates, 60-hour sexual assault training

• EMDR International Association, working towards certification

Publications and Presentations:

• Rhoades, S. & Skowronski, S. (May 2023). Trauma and Sex Therapy. [Guest lecturers, Powerpoint slides]. Northwestern University: The Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies. Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy Program.
• Skowronski, S (Jan 2019). PTSD on Relational and Sexual Functioning and Satisfaction: Evaluating the Effects of PTSD, Emotional Numbing, Moral Injury, and Caregiver Burden. Publication No. 13879755. [Doctoral Dissertation, Widener University]. ProQuest Dissertations Thesis database.
   

Have questions?  Contact me at [email protected]