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Traci Williams, LPCC
California
LPCC counselor - Relationships and parenting
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Client-Centered methods
- Motivational Interviewing
About Traci
Traci Williams is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in California with seven years of counseling experience. She helps people who are dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and work or life transitions. She also supports clients facing issues with self-esteem, addiction, intimacy, career decisions, coping with change, and compassion fatigue.
Her sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and trying different ways of responding. She uses concrete tools to address symptoms and practical steps to change daily patterns. Conversations are direct and focused on skills people can use between sessions.
Traci blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered conversation and elements from psychodynamic and solution-focused work. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and find reasons to change. This mix is used to build skills, set manageable goals, and examine patterns that get in the way of progress.
In practice she helps people set short-term goals and track small experiments that test new behaviors. Sessions typically review what was tried since the last meeting and plan concrete next steps. She explains ideas plainly and works with people to adjust strategies that don't fit their life.
Traci conducts work in English and provides services from California. Her credential is LPCC, and she has seven years of experience listed for this profile. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to schedule a first session and start planning care.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Traci commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on clear, practical exercises and brief experiments that can be done between sessions to measure what helps. Client-Centered Therapy is also part of her work and emphasizes listening and shaping goals around what the person wants to change. Motivational Interviewing is used to explore a person’s reasons for change and build commitment one step at a time.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That plan can be adjusted if an approach doesn’t fit, so the client and therapist refine methods collaboratively over time.
Session formats are not specified in the source biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or allow conversations without travel. These practical benefits help people maintain consistency while trying out new skills and tracking progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with relationship strain, parenting stresses, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, career and life transitions, addiction concerns, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, stress, and compassion fatigue.
How does she use CBT in sessions?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practice different responses. Sessions often include concrete exercises and short experiments to test new behaviors.
What is her experience background?
She lists seven years of clinical experience in this profile and describes work across counseling settings prior to the current listing.
What credential and location are listed?
She is listed as LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and her location is California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
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