Candace Alvor, LCSW

Candace Alvor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience. She practices in Utah and works with people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. She also addresses stress, self-esteem, ADHD, career questions, and life changes.

Candace brings a straightforward, person-focused approach. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals for therapy. Sessions often involve noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of responding. She supports people working through separation, codependency, substance issues, postpartum struggles, and women's health concerns.

Her background includes varied roles in mental health and roles as a mother, which she says shapes how she relates to practical life demands. She describes her outlook as faith-informed and is comfortable discussing spiritual goals if that matters to the client. She emphasizes steady, consistent support rather than quick fixes.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns and build skills to manage symptoms. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to focus on the person's concerns and Solution-Focused Therapy to break problems into manageable steps. These methods aim to make therapy concrete and actionable.

Candace encourages an open conversation about goals and expectations at the start. She asks people what they want to change and helps set measurable steps. The process is collaborative and goal-directed, with attention to both emotional and practical challenges.

How her approaches are used in online sessions