About Tracy
Tracy Thompson is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and major life changes. She emphasizes practical steps you can take now and respects the strengths you already have. Seeking help can feel hard and she aims to make that first step easier.
Tracy uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each person. She listens for patterns that keep problems going and works with you to try different approaches.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable goals rather than overwhelming plans. Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find and strengthen their own reasons for change.
Both approaches are practical and goal-oriented, useful for stress, addictions, and mood concerns. Tracy brings six years of professional experience in clinical settings to her practice. She has supported people dealing with grief, relationship struggles, substance concerns, control issues, and co-occurring medical challenges like cancer.
She also works with issues such as codependency, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through online formats like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Tracy explains options clearly so people can choose the way of meeting that fits their life.
She encourages small steps and steady progress toward a more manageable everyday life.
How Tracy uses CBT and Motivational Interviewing online
Tracy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, behaviors, and feelings connect. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and many everyday stressors. Motivational Interviewing is a short-term, conversational approach that helps people find their own reasons to change and build motivation for recovery from addictions or difficult habits.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. Tracy collaborates with each person to decide which approach fits their goals and comfort level. She will adjust techniques over time based on progress and what feels most useful to the client.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while focusing on real skills and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English