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Tracey Van Dyke

Therapist · Georgia

Relationship-focused counselor who builds practical steps

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Tracey Van Dyke
Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Georgia · LPC009967
NPI
1790106185
Experience
11 years
Languages
English
Location
Georgia
  • Strengths based
  • Goal oriented
  • Practical tools

About Tracey

Tracey Van Dyke, LPC brings 11 years of counseling experience to people seeking change and clearer relationships. She focuses on practical steps clients can use to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Tracey uses straightforward guidance to help people move forward after life changes, grief, or betrayal.

Tracey centers sessions on each person's strengths and goals. She draws on client-centered methods to listen and build trust. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Solution-focused ideas help set small, measurable steps so progress is clear.

She also addresses trauma and abuse with trauma-focused approaches that emphasize safety and pacing. Emotionally-focused tools are used when relationship patterns and attachment issues are at the core of a concern. Tracey offers tailored anger management programs for individuals and groups when needed.

Common concerns Tracey helps with include codependency, abandonment and attachment issues, blended family and communication problems, parenting and fatherhood issues, caregiver stress, body image, and coping with serious illness such as cancer. She also supports people dealing with career stress, life transitions, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Clients can expect concrete strategies for everyday problems alongside space to talk through painful experiences. Tracey works from Georgia and provides services in English.

How Tracey’s Approaches Work Online

Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a respectful working relationship. In practice this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps people name what matters most in sessions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, pays attention to feelings and attachment patterns between partners or within oneself. It is often used when intimacy, bonding, or recurring relationship patterns feel stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions often combine tools from different approaches so therapy stays practical and tailored.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Speak with the therapist about how best to arrange sessions that match daily routines and therapeutic goals.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseAnger managementDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Georgia

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does this therapist address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, parenting concerns, and codependency among other issues.

How would you describe the therapeutic style?

Sessions emphasize a client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to set clear goals and practice new skills.

What background and experience does she bring?

Tracey has 11 years in the mental health field and has provided therapeutic services since 2013, including work on affair recovery and anger management programs.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia and holds the LPC credential as provided in her profile.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.

What session formats are available?

The original profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm the current session options with the provider before scheduling.

How are fees and payment handled?

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?

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