Tracy Rider , LMHC

Tracy Rider is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Tracy also pays special attention to issues often affecting women such as pregnancy and childbirth and broader women's issues. She works in English and offers sessions by phone, video, chat, or text. Tracy aims for straightforward, respectful conversations. She uses practical tools from approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and narrative therapy to help people identify patterns and try different ways of responding. When trauma is part of someone's story, she may include EMDR techniques to address painful memories and reactions. Sessions move at a pace set by each person. Her style blends active listening with clear, concrete steps. People can expect gentle challenge alongside validation. Tracy helps clients set short-term goals and track small changes between sessions. She often focuses on building skills that work in day-to-day life. Tracy's background includes a decade of counseling experience and work with veteran communities prior to graduate training. She lives and practices in New York and brings personal experience of long-term marriage, parenting, and living with chronic illness into her perspective as a clinician. Getting started involves a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription system that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How Tracy’s approaches fit into online therapy

Tracy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT often involves setting small experiments and practical exercises to try between sessions, which can be tracked easily during video or messaging work.

She also draws on Existential Therapy to help people clarify values, purpose, and meaning when life feels uncertain. Those conversations focus on big questions and decisions and can fit into longer video sessions or a series of focused phone talks. For trauma work, EMDR techniques may be part of the process to address distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge; these interventions are adapted to work across video or phone formats when appropriate.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and any constraints, then recommend methods to try together. Clients and the therapist regularly review what is helping and adjust the plan when needed.

Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls suit deeper, interactive work and allow visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for brief check-ins, homework review, and steady support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and varied routines.