About Candis
Candis Cochran is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Tennessee. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family conflict, and issues around addiction and trauma. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making change feel possible even when it seems hard.
Candis draws on Client-Centered Therapy to start where each person is and build therapy around their needs. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set concrete, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with emotion regulation and awareness. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical. She works with clients to set short-term goals and small steps that add up.
Progress is tracked through actions clients can take between meetings, and wins are acknowledged along the way. Candis brings three years of direct experience as an LPC and several additional years working in mental health settings. That background includes work in residential programs, partial care, and church-based services, which informs how she supports people facing complex life challenges.
Her style is warm, supportive, and oriented toward problem solving. She aims to reduce overwhelm by breaking problems into manageable pieces. People who want clear goals, practical techniques, and a steady working relationship may find her approach helpful.
Approaches and how online therapy fits your life
Client-Centered Therapy is about starting where a person is and shaping sessions around their goals and values. It helps when someone needs a respectful, listening-based space to sort out feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and habits, and replacing them with clearer thinking and measurable behavior changes; it often helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and coping with life changes.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean mixing client-centered listening with CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, or solution-focused steps depending on what proves most helpful.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for more frequent, flexible check-ins and brief coaching between sessions. These options help people access consistent support without long commutes and can make it simpler to keep therapy part of a regular routine.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English