Gracia Clark , LPC, LPCC

Gracia Clark is a licensed professional counselor who uses clear, practical methods to support people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, and women’s issues. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and works from Minnesota. Gracia keeps sessions straightforward and grounded so clients can make steady progress.

She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with cognitive and behavior-focused tools to help people notice what matters, take small steps, and change unhelpful patterns. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. Sessions are client-centered and collaborative, with a mix of gentle support and honest reflection.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, eating and body image issues, substance and behavioral addictions, intimacy-related struggles, parenting stress, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms. She also addresses family of origin issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, chronic illness and pain, and codependency.

Gracia aims to teach concrete skills people can use between sessions. That can include coping strategies for intense feelings, communication techniques for difficult conversations, grounding for dissociation, and problem-focused plans for life changes. She balances direct feedback with empathy so people leave sessions with something to try.

She provides services in English and offers several online formats. People new to therapy can expect a calm, straightforward intake where goals are clarified and a plan is set together.

How evidence-based approaches translate online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking action toward them while learning to sit with difficult thoughts and feelings. It’s often helpful for anxiety, stress, and when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it can help with mood, anxiety, and problem-focused change. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can be useful for relationship, intimacy, and trust issues.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions start with shared goal-setting and may adjust techniques as needed based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send notes between sessions or choose a written format for processing thoughts. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into work or family routines.