Tracy Kessler, LISW, LCSW-C

Tracy Kessler is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, and everyday habits that get in the way of feeling steady. She brings 23 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical change. Tracy is warm, approachable, and encourages small steps that add up over time.

She uses a strengths-based outlook to help people notice what already works and build on it. Her approach draws on client-centered methods that honor each person’s goals and perspectives. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors that reduce distress.

Tracy has spent 18 years providing school-based mental health services for children and adolescents in the public school system. That background informs her work with trauma, ADHD, and PTSD, and shapes how she supports parenting and family-related concerns. She also has experience with mood and eating concerns, grief, caregiver stress, and anger issues.

Her sessions often focus on practical tools - simple habits, mindful awareness, and emotion-focused work that improves connection and coping. She frames change as intentional and gradual, helping people learn skills they can use day to day. Tracy brings energy, encouragement, and a straightforward style to conversations.

Outside of work she is a mother and enjoys being outdoors and staying active. She values honesty, hard work, and compassion, and aims to make therapy a collaborative space for learning and growth.

How Tracy’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's goals. The therapist reflects back what she hears and helps people clarify what they want to change, which can guide online sessions toward concrete steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses brief experiments and habit changes to reduce distress; that approach works well when tracking daily routines and testing new behaviors between meetings.

Tracy treats approach selection as a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Finding the right mix of listening, skill-building, and emotion-focused work happens over a few sessions rather than all at once.

If you prefer to use online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking, since specific format options are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support using tools like worksheets or mindfulness exercises during and between sessions. Licensed professionals can help set up a schedule that fits daily life and personal goals.