About Tracy
Tracy Clarke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, and ADHD. She supports people facing low self-esteem, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, anger, and career stress. Tracy uses a direct and compassionate style to help people make practical changes.
She earned a master’s degree from California University of Pennsylvania and has worked in mental health since 2016.
Background and approach
She is also finishing a PhD in counselor education and supervision at Waynesburg University. Those experiences shape how she blends different methods in sessions. Tracy favors approachable, evidence-based tools.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and commit to manageable steps. Her work is client-centered and attachment-informed.
That means she listens closely, follows each person’s pace, and focuses on building a trusting relationship. She also integrates skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. Tracy has long experience supporting people with addictions and with developmental disabilities, including autism and intellectual disabilities.
In sessions she helps people set small goals, practice new skills, and track progress between meetings. Her manner is straightforward and warm. She aims to create a collaborative space where people can learn coping tools, improve communication, and find clearer direction amid life changes.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Tracy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small, value-driven actions even when feelings are hard; this can be useful for stress, ADHD-related challenges, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship and helps with relationship patterns, abandonment concerns, and communication problems.Finding the right blend of methods is part of the work. Tracy will collaborate with each person to test approaches, adjust techniques, and focus on goals that matter to the client. The process is shared and practical, with regular check-ins on what is and isn’t helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat or text messaging supports ongoing check-ins, brief coaching, and reminders between meetings. These options help make therapy more accessible for different schedules and needs.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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