Tracy Salazar, LPC

Tracy Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 18 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Tracy aims to meet clients where they are and offers a calm, respectful presence during difficult conversations.

Her work is practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals and small steps to reach them. Sessions often include skills practice for managing strong emotions, improving self esteem, and coping with life changes.

Tracy uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build committed action, plus Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused techniques to deepen emotional understanding.

Tracy has supported people through grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, and caregiver stress. She also works with more specific issues such as body image, chronic illness, attachment and abandonment concerns, and kink-friendly conversations. Her background makes her comfortable helping people who face complex, overlapping challenges.

People who connect well with Tracy tend to want a practical plan, empathetic listening, and steady guidance. She tailors the pace and focus of therapy to each person’s situation and helps clients build skills they can use outside of sessions.

How Tracy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Tracy often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors and trying small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which works well for anxiety, depression, and stress. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values, which can be useful for coping with grief, chronic illness, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Tracy will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest how CBT, ACT, or client-centered methods might fit. Together the client and therapist decide what to try and adjust the plan as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skills work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option that uses less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging can help with brief check-ins, journaling prompts, and between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules change.