Tracey Beaty, LPC, LCMHC

Tracey Beaty is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She has 15 years of experience helping adults facing depression, bipolar disorder, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her work also focuses on issues around self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Tracey uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. She pairs that with a client-centered attitude that keeps each session focused on the person in front of her. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people want help finding reasons and energy to make changes.

Sessions are delivered in a respectful, warm style. Tracey aims to build trust through steady listening and clear, practical steps. Conversations usually involve setting concrete goals and trying small experiments between meetings.

She brings specific experience working with adult adoption and abandonment issues, attachment challenges, domestic violence, and sexual assault and abuse. Mood disorders such as seasonal affective disorder are also among her focus areas.

Tracey tailors plans to each person’s situation and pace. She helps people break down big problems into manageable steps and track small successes along the way.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Tracey uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then try practical changes. CBT works well for depression, bipolar mood management, and common anxiety patterns because it focuses on concrete skills and short experiments.

She also operates from a client-centered stance, meaning sessions begin with the person's needs and move at their pace. That approach emphasizes listening and respect, which can make remote sessions feel collaborative and grounded. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants help finding internal motivation to try new strategies or make life changes.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Tracey will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then adapt CBT, client-centered methods, or motivational interviewing as needed in a shared plan. This lets therapy remain flexible and responsive to what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversations, phone can work when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, and messaging or live chat allow quick check-ins or shorter exchanges between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.