Tracey Byram, LPC

Tracey Byram is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Georgia with 27 years of clinical experience. She helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and anger. She also supports people with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem.

Tracey draws on several evidence-based methods in sessions. She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas appear when people want to clarify values and take action despite difficult feelings.

Attachment-based and client-centered approaches shape how she builds the working relationship. That means attention to patterns that started in early relationships, and a conversational style that centers the person's experience. She has offered faith-based counseling when clients requested it and has worked with LGBT clients for many years.

Her practice history includes long-term use of therapy dogs; many of those animals were labradors or golden retrievers and were rescued. Outside clinical work she spends time reading, doing yard and home projects, thrifting, hiking, and visiting the beach.

Tracey asks people to think practically about goals. In session she helps set clear next steps - changing a routine, practicing a skill, or planning how to respond differently. She guides that process while noting strengths and previous coping efforts.

How her approaches translate to online sessions