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Tracy Salazar

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Tracy Salazar, LPC

Colorado

Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Mood concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Colorado / LPC.0014018
  • NPI1598921215
  • Experience18 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationColorado

About

  • Anger management support
  • CBT and ACT methods
  • Trauma informed work

About Tracy

Tracy Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 18 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, and addictions. Tracy also supports concerns around relationships, grief, intimacy, self-esteem, and coping with major life changes.

Her style is straightforward and people-focused. She listens for what matters most and then talks through practical steps. Sessions often include looking at thoughts and behaviors, feelings, and how those affect daily life.

Tracy draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and EMDR when appropriate. That mix lets her address both immediate symptoms and patterns that developed over time. She uses exercises, reflection, and conversation rather than long lectures.

She pays attention to the problems that come with caregiving, chronic illness, and work-related stress. She also works with issues tied to attachment, body image, and relationship conflict. Where needed she brings in strategies for coping with severe mood swings and for managing anger that has started to affect important relationships.

For people who are unsure how to begin, she asks practical questions, sets short-term goals, and adjusts work as progress is seen. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the site.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them. It helps people act in line with their values even when frustration or anger shows up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It provides concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and to test new behaviors in everyday situations. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing traumatic memories and their lasting emotional charge; it can reduce the intensity of triggers that feed anger.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals and try methods that fit those aims. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so the approach reflects what actually helps someone in their daily life.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins between longer sessions. Some formats are simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers shorter, focused conversations instead of longer in-person visits. Licensed professionals aim to make the work practical and compatible with everyday routines.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseAnger managementBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

18+ years

Listed in

Colorado

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger issues does she address?

She works with people who snap at loved ones, hold growing resentment, or have workplace frustration. Anger is listed among the concerns she helps with.

How would she approach anger in sessions?

She uses practical conversation, skill-building, and reflection. Techniques often draw from CBT, ACT, and emotionally-focused work to change reactions and patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 18 years of professional experience working with a range of mood, trauma, and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado.

Does she work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients see her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What formats are used for sessions?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.

How are fees and starting a first session handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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