About Candace
Candace Coston, LCSW, focuses on concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and ADHD. She explains things plainly and helps people figure out small, practical steps. She listens for what matters to each person and uses that to guide sessions.
Candace draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people connect with their values and take action toward them.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused rather than lecturing. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. She works from a strengths-based view and builds on what clients already do well.
That helps keep work grounded and realistic. In sessions she asks questions about daily routines, relationships, and what feels most urgent. She then suggests specific skills and small experiments to try between meetings.
Progress is checked often so plans can change when something is not working. Candace has four years of post-licensure experience as a licensed clinical social worker. She helps people struggling with sleep problems, anger, relationships, addiction concerns, parenting strain, and career stress, among other issues.
She offers therapy in English and works with people located in North Carolina.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and unhelpful routines. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on identifying what matters to someone and taking actions that match those values. That approach can help with motivation, difficult feelings, and long-term goals. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple practices to increase awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations and can reduce reactivity and stress.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. Plans are adjusted based on what works or does not work, so clients help shape the direction of therapy throughout the process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit sessions into busy schedules. Video is good for a face-to-face feel and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging make brief updates and ongoing coaching easier between longer appointments.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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