Dr. Tracye Herndon, LPC

Dr. Tracye Herndon is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or working through addiction. She writes care plans that reflect each person's goals and life situation. She aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can speak honestly about identity, relationships, and daily struggles.

With 30 years of experience, she draws on several approaches to match what a person needs. Her work often includes cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and client-centered methods that prioritize the person's perspective. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used when someone wants practical steps and quick shifts.

Her practice includes support for mood concerns such as depression and bipolar mood changes, trauma and stress-related problems, and coping with life transitions. She also helps people dealing with relationship difficulties, intimacy questions, eating or substance-related behaviors, and caregiver strain. Concerns like body image, abandonment, and blended family challenges are within her interest areas.

Dr. Herndon offers a conversational style that listens first and then builds a toolbox of coping skills. She sometimes explores past experiences when they affect present patterns, using psychodynamic ideas alongside more practical strategies. Her goal is to help people develop clearer goals and workable strategies they can use between sessions.

People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth approach may find her style a good fit. She tailors sessions to fit what each person needs and adjusts methods over time as goals change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. In online sessions this means the therapist reflects what is said and helps the person set their own goals and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it often uses homework tasks and practical exercises that work well through video or messaging. Imago Relationship Therapy looks at how past relational patterns affect current partnerships and uses structured dialogue techniques to improve communication and understanding.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they try methods, check progress, and adjust the plan when needed so therapy stays focused and useful.

Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls let the therapist and person work face to face for skill practice and detailed conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or the person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the clinical approaches described above.