About Candice
Candice Yu Simon is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 14 years of hands-on experience to sessions. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. She also helps people who are struggling with parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, motivation, and depression.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to fit each person's situation. Sessions tend to focus on skills you can use right away and steps that build momentum toward change.
Background and approach
Candice emphasizes compassion and sensitivity. She aims to make therapy feel like a safe space to name what’s hard and test new ways of coping. She encourages small, doable goals you can practice between sessions.
In treatment she blends practical problem solving with emotional support. That might mean developing breathing or relaxation routines, changing unhelpful thought patterns, or trying new ways to set boundaries at home. She works at a pace that feels manageable for each person.
Candice offers services in California and conducts sessions in English and Korean. Her approach is collaborative – she helps people figure out what matters most and creates a plan to get there. Seeking help is a first step, and she focuses on steady progress and clearer days ahead.
Evidence-based techniques offered online
Many of the approaches used focus on teaching practical skills you can use right away. One common method is learning cognitive strategies to notice and change patterns of thinking that feed anxiety and low self-esteem. These techniques help people reduce worry and approach challenges more calmly.Another approach emphasizes behavioral skills and routines. That can include paced breathing, short relaxation exercises, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These tools are aimed at lowering immediate stress and building confidence through practice.
Choosing the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try options, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on measurable, manageable steps forward.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work in real time and see facial cues. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth than video. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, sharing progress, or getting support between sessions. Together these formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Korean
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