About Tracy
Tracy Kessler is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 23 years of experience to conversations about stress and anxiety. She aims to make sessions straightforward and practical. Tracy listens with compassion and works to help people build useful skills they can use between meetings.
She favors a strengths-based outlook that notices what already works for a person. That perspective shapes simple, goal-focused steps designed to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Tracy also draws on mindfulness and trauma-focused ideas to help people calm strong emotions and process painful events. Much of her work has been in school-based mental health over the last 18 years, where she supported children and adolescents. That background informs how she talks about ADHD, PTSD, and child trauma in clear, nontechnical language.
She also has experience with mood disorders, eating concerns, grief, and caregiving stress. Tracy describes herself as energetic, honest, and encouraging. She blends practical coaching with talk therapy to help people set and reach realistic goals.
Sessions often focus on small changes that lead to steady improvement over time. Outside of work she is a parent and enjoys spending time outdoors. Her approach is collaborative - she works with each person to find what fits their life and priorities.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Tracy often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her online work. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers ways to process painful experiences and learn tools to manage strong reactions.She also brings Client-Centered Therapy into sessions, which means conversations begin by hearing the person’s priorities and building on their strengths. Finding the right mix of methods is a team effort - the therapist and client work together to decide which approaches match the client’s needs and goals, and they adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can work for shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to keep continuity of care around family, school, and work schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Virginia, Ohio
- Languages
- English
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