Nancy Tracy, LMFT

Nancy Tracy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California. She brings 26 years of experience helping people work through major life changes, relationship challenges, grief, and questions about identity. Nancy aims to create a calm, accepting space where clients can speak honestly and feel heard.

She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage anxiety, rebuild self-esteem, and solve communication problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her approach when clients want to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered work to support values-based choices and a respectful, person-focused relationship.

Nancy often supports people dealing with LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, and issues tied to adoption or family of origin. She also works with those coping with grief, divorce and separation, aging-related questions, and health-related matters such as HIV or AIDS. Topics like codependency, body image, and sexual diversity including BDSM and kink appear in her practice when clients bring them up.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps clients set small, achievable goals and practices skills between sessions when that is useful. Therapy sessions focus on real-life problems and on building tools people can use outside the office.

Sessions may combine emotion-focused conversation with practical skill work from approaches like DBT and EFT. Nancy tailors her mix of methods to each person’s needs, aiming to increase resilience and clearer decision-making.

How Nancy’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Nancy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice and change thoughts and behaviors that cause distress. In online sessions CBT often focuses on specific, real-world tasks and homework you can try between appointments. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her work and helps people clarify what matters most to them and take steps toward those values. ACT in a remote setting can support decisions around identity, life changes, and coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Nancy will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend whether CBT, ACT, or a client-centered direction feels best. She treats that choice as a collaboration and revisits it as goals change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and role-play communication skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, skills coaching, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.