- Codependency support
- Anxiety and depression
- Relationship work
About Gracia
Gracia Clark is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people untangle painful patterns and rebuild day-to-day functioning. She uses a warm but straightforward style to guide people through issues like anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and codependency. Gracia is listed as LPC and LPCC and practices in Minnesota. She conducts sessions in English and brings six years of counseling experience to her work.
Gracia blends practical tools with a caring presence. She offers straightforward coaching on emotional regulation and coping skills drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches. She also uses acceptance-based ideas to help people live by what matters to them, rather than getting stuck in unhelpful cycles.
Attachment perspectives inform how she looks at relationship patterns and family of origin issues. That lens helps when addressing intimacy concerns, communication problems, abandonment wounds, and effects from adoption or foster care. Gracia pays attention to how past bonds shape present choices.
Her sessions aim to be both kind and direct. She creates space to talk through trauma, grief, addiction, and eating or body image concerns while also naming hard truths when needed. The focus is on giving practical tools clients can use between sessions to feel steadier.
Gracia has worked across settings with people facing substance and behavioral addictions, PTSD, bipolar symptoms, and parenting challenges. People meet her for help with coping through life changes, improving communication, and rebuilding self-esteem. To begin, users follow the site Start Therapy flow and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling according to availability.
Therapeutic approaches helpful in online sessions
Gracia uses a mix of approaches that translate well to remote work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and behavior change work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values, which can be useful for codependency and life transitions.Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her toolkit and looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in intimacy and communication. This approach can help people unpack family of origin issues, abandonment wounds, and recurring relationship dynamics. Gracia discusses these approaches with clients and selects techniques together based on individual goals and needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to test methods and adjust as progress is made. That joint process helps tailor strategies for emotional regulation, communication skills, and relapse prevention where needed.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not detailed here. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Ask about which session types are offered when you schedule so you can pick an option that fits your routine.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Wisconsin, Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting questions, codependency, and related family of origin issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is kind and gentle but also direct. She offers a caring listening space while challenging unhelpful patterns when needed.
How long has she been counseling?
She has six years of counseling experience working in a variety of settings with diverse mental health concerns.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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