Tracey Byram , LPC

Tracey Byram, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), brings 27 years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on a broad range of concerns including anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Throughout her career she has worked with children, adolescents, families, and young adults, and for the past ten years she has provided focused care for LGBT clients while also offering faith-based counseling when requested. She aims to create treatment plans that reflect each person’s unique needs and strengths.

Her work typically combines evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure and response prevention with skills from dialectical behavior therapy, humanistic client-centered methods, and family therapies. For the last 15 years she has included certified therapy dogs in sessions, most often rescued Labradors and golden retrievers, and has seen clients benefit from animal-assisted interactions. Outside of her clinical work she enjoys reading, yard work, home improvement projects, thrifting, hiking, and visiting the beach. She values the mutual learning that occurs in the therapeutic relationship and feels grateful to have accompanied many people along their journeys.

Approaches for Online Work and Flexible Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and learn practical skills to change behaviors and improve mood; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and many everyday challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines acceptance and change-focused strategies to build skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness - helpful for intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and coping under stress.

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current patterns and helps rebuild trust and connection, making it useful for attachment issues, relationship struggles, and family dynamics.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: sessions may occur by video call or phone, and some communication can take place via live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, or mobility needs and allow licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent support in ways that suit each person’s life.