About Candice
Candice Williams is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her approach is collaborative and respectful. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions move at a steady, realistic pace and focus on skills that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Candice draws from several approaches to match what a client needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to clarify thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas help people tolerate uncomfortable feelings without getting stuck.
She also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation grounded in each person's values and priorities. Dialectical behavior ideas are added when people need concrete tools for emotion regulation and impulse control. The goal is always useful skills that fit into real life.
People come for a range of concerns, from workplace stress and loneliness to caregiver strain and parenting transitions. Candice pays attention to practical barriers and helps plan steps that are doable. She encourages people to notice progress, however small, and to use personal strengths to move forward.
How specific approaches translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. Online CBT sessions often use worksheets, activity planning, and brief homework to practice new skills between meetings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. ACT online can include values exercises and short mindfulness practices to use during daily life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attentional skills to reduce rumination and reactivity. These practices can be guided in session and then used as short daily exercises.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. That conversation guides whether sessions lean more toward CBT tasks, acceptance-based work, or mindfulness practice, and adjustments are made over time based on what helps.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and role play, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief ongoing contact and reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using concrete tools and collaborative planning.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English