- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- CBT and DBT tools
About Tracy
Tracy Gill is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with seven years of counseling experience and a background in community counseling. She works with stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and common life changes that show up in young adulthood and beyond.
She completed a BS at the University of Southern Mississippi and an M.Ed. in community counseling from Southeastern Louisiana University. Tracy is a member of Chi Sigma Iota International Honorary Counseling Society. Before moving into clinical counseling she spent eleven years working as a Child Protective Services worker for the State of Louisiana.
That child welfare work shaped how she understands trauma, risk, and family dynamics. She later provided counseling through a federally funded nonprofit program serving survivors of sexual abuse, rape, and domestic violence. Those roles gave direct experience supporting people who have lived through violence and complex trauma.
In sessions she draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral and trauma-focused approaches. She aims to help people name the patterns that cause distress, practice new thinking and coping skills, and manage strong emotions in the moment. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and existential therapy when they fit the client’s needs.
Tracy helps with relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career and life-transition worries, and issues around abandonment and family of origin. She works in English from Mississippi and accepts international clients, and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session so goals and practical steps can be discussed.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping clients set their own pace. It supports people who feel unsure about big life choices or who need someone to reflect back what they’re experiencing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors so anxiety, low mood, or work and study stress become more manageable. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers skills for regulating intense emotions and improving relationships when reactions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tracy collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and daily needs. That means trying a few techniques and adjusting what’s used as goals and preferences become clearer.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling around school, work shifts, or parenting by removing travel time. Phone check-ins can be a shorter way to follow up between longer sessions, and video meetings allow face-to-face conversation when that helps with connection. The practical aim is to make therapy fit into everyday life while using CBT, DBT and trauma-focused tools to address stress, anxiety, and past trauma.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Louisiana, Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, relationship strain, grief, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, career worries, and depression.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused work to help people change unhelpful patterns and manage strong emotions.
What is her clinical background?
She has seven years of counseling experience, a BS from the University of Southern Mississippi, and an M.Ed. in community counseling from Southeastern Louisiana University, plus prior work in child protective services.
Is she a licensed counselor and where is she based?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) working from Mississippi with credentials listed as LA LPC and MS LPC in her record.
Can she work with people who live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to discuss goals and next steps.
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