- Stress and anxiety
- Communication skills
- Self esteem work
About Candace
Candace Graves is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience and practices with licensure in Texas and Missouri. She works with adults who are feeling stuck by anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, or difficult relationship and family patterns. Candace pays particular attention to issues like communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
She helps people name what's most troubling and then tries practical ways to change day-to-day patterns. Sessions often include focused conversation about how beliefs and habits affect choices. Candace uses approaches grounded in evidence to help clients build clearer ways of speaking, set boundaries, and restore a sense of agency.
Candace brings more than a decade of experience supporting people through big life shifts. She draws on her background as a therapist of color to be attentive to cultural and spiritual perspectives that matter to clients. That can shape how goals are set and which strategies feel most useful.
In sessions she works on specific skills such as better communication, forgiving where possible, and reducing the isolation that keeps people stuck. She also supports people who are rethinking work, relationships, or personal meaning and want to take practical steps forward.
To begin she asks straightforward questions about current stressors and what feels most urgent. From there she and the client identify small, manageable steps to try between meetings and keep progress moving.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Two evidence-based techniques she commonly uses are cognitive-behavioral strategies and skills-based communication work. Cognitive-behavioral strategies look at how thoughts influence feelings and actions, and they help with anxiety, depression, and changing habits that keep someone stuck. Communication skills work focuses on clear speaking, listening, and boundary setting to reduce conflict and improve relationships.She also draws on practical behavioral tasks to reduce isolation and build small routines. These tasks ask clients to try concrete steps between sessions so progress is visible and measurable. The choice of approaches is discussed together so the therapist and client can pick what feels most useful for their goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences rather than assuming one way fits everyone. That includes checking in and adjusting techniques as needed during the work.
Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and letting appointments happen from more convenient locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn't needed and reduce barriers that keep people from continuing care.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Texas, Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she focus on?
Candace works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and self-esteem issues. She also focuses on communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, life purpose, and self-love.
How does she approach someone feeling stuck?
She uses evidence-based techniques and practical conversation to identify unhelpful patterns and try small behavioral changes. The work emphasizes clearer communication, boundary setting, and steps to reduce isolation.
What experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of mood and relationship concerns. That experience informs straightforward, skill-focused sessions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with licensure in Texas and Missouri and practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the client's location.
How do I start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That begins the intake and matching process.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.