Therapist profile
Victoria McDaniel-Tracy, LCSW
Oklahoma
LCSW - Anger and emotion regulation
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Oklahoma / 4834; LISW-CP, South Carolina / 14147; LCSW, Arkansas / 12232-C; LCSW, Texas / 115963
- NPI1427393669
- Experience13 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationOklahoma
About
- Anger management skills
- CBT and DBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
About Victoria
Victoria McDaniel-Tracy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of practice experience. She holds LCSW credentials in Arkansas and Texas and works with adults in Oklahoma. Her caseload includes anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and anger.
She helps people sort through life transitions and career stress in practical ways. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent - handling daily upset, repairing strained relationships, or managing persistent worry. She uses straightforward conversation and goal-oriented work rather than long lectures.
Victoria draws on client-centered therapy to follow what matters to each person. She adds cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are central needs.
Her work also incorporates motivational interviewing to support change when someone feels stuck. That can mean breaking big goals into small, doable steps. She pays attention to family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and chronic illness as they come up in a person’s life.
People who come for anger-related help will find a mix of skills practice and clear problem solving. The focus is on reducing reactive responses and building alternative ways to respond. Sessions typically balance listening with practical tools to use between meetings.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach let clients set the agenda and bring the issues that feel urgent, whether that is anger at home or stress at work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. In video or phone conversations, CBT tools help people notice unhelpful thinking, test new responses, and practice small behavioral experiments between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and reducing reactivity. DBT-style work online can include skills coaching, mindfulness practice, and step-by-step plans for handling triggers and interpersonal conflict.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That shared decision-making guides whether more skills practice or conversational exploration is used.
Session formats are not listed explicitly here, so confirm current online options before booking. Many clients find remote sessions easier to fit around work and family routines, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to practice skills between meetings. Online work can support steady progress without requiring major schedule changes.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, anger, career transitions, ADHD, and related topics.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and person-focused. She combines client-centered conversation with goal-oriented tools from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
How many years has she practiced?
She has 13 years of professional experience as a clinical social worker supporting adults through a range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW with credentials listed as AR LCSW and TX LCSW, and she practices from Oklahoma.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select 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.