About Candyce
Candyce Bell is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience. She has served in direct individual and group practice and worked as a crisis, substance use, and mental health counselor. Candyce helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, LGBT concerns, and major life changes.
She has experience supporting people after physical trauma or emotional abuse. Her background includes work in crisis response and substance use settings.
Background and approach
That experience shapes a calm, practical approach in sessions. Candyce aims to create a welcoming space where people can say what they are feeling without judgment. Conversations focus on clear goals and steady steps toward coping and relief.
She listens for patterns in thoughts and behaviors and works with clients to try new ways of responding. Her work is informed by ten years of practice and by time spent serving as an Army veteran and field counselor. Candyce holds LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and LCPC, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and Missouri.
She uses that background to guide straightforward, action-oriented support. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Candyce helps clients build small coping tools they can use between meetings and checks progress as goals change.
The emphasis is on realistic steps that fit everyday life.
Approaches that shape online care
Candyce uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes problem-solving and skills practice to reduce anxiety and manage stress; it helps people break down worries into manageable steps and build coping tools. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which helps those recovering from physical trauma or emotional abuse by prioritizing safety, pacing, and rebuilding a sense of control.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Candyce collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks progress and adjusts strategies if something isn’t working, so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth or a video setup is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Missouri
- Languages
- English