About Candace
Candace Coston is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Candace keeps sessions straightforward and goal‑oriented so parents and busy adults can fit therapy into their lives.
She listens for what brings someone joy and what matters most to them. That helps shape clear goals and actions that line up with a person's values.
Background and approach
Sessions often include teaching skills, practicing new ways of thinking, and setting small experiments to try between meetings. Candace draws from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and respond differently. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and guide choices.
In session she balances support with practical tools people can use right away. Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina Wilmington and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Campbell University. She holds the LCSW credential and practices in North Carolina.
Candace has worked with people facing depression, grief, trauma and substance concerns, as well as those dealing with relationship stress, parenting strain, sleep problems, and career challenges. She aims to create a calm, focused space where people can build skills and move toward the life they want.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and managing difficult routines.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying what matters to someone and taking small steps toward those values. It can help with stress, avoidance, and making choices that fit a person's life.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Candace works with clients to decide which methods fit their needs and goals, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. That collaboration helps keep sessions relevant and focused on tangible change.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face when discussing emotions or practicing skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a session fits into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, skill reminders, and ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and practice new strategies in daily life.
Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
What is her therapy style like?
What experience does she have?
What credentials and location apply?
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Which session formats are available?
How does cost and billing work?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Oregon
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.