About Kandace
Kandace Graves is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who focuses on practical, step-by-step support. She uses straightforward approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Kandace keeps sessions focused and paced to match each person's needs.
She earned a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling and holds the LCMHC credential in North Carolina. Her graduate work included a yearlong internship counseling adults in an urban community in Ohio.
How Kandace works
Kandace brings three years of professional experience to her practice. In sessions she centers on how thoughts and feelings shape behavior. She uses familiar, evidence-based methods to help people change unhelpful patterns.
Therapy often includes identifying small, manageable goals and practicing new ways to respond to stress and strong emotions. Kandace also helps people process grief, trauma and abuse, and manage parenting concerns, intimacy issues, and anger. She supports people navigating life transitions, bipolar symptoms, ADHD challenges, and concerns related to sexual orientation.
Her style emphasizes respect and collaboration. She encourages honest conversation and practical homework between sessions. Clients can expect clear explanations, concrete tools, and steady support while they work toward change.
What Kandace works with
The areas below are the ones Kandace selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-driven online care that fits your life
Many of Kandace's sessions use well-known, evidence-based techniques that focus on thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Cognitive behavior approaches look at how unhelpful thoughts keep problems going and teach practical skills to change those patterns. Person-centered methods emphasize the person's worth and perspective, giving space for honest conversation and individual pace.She also draws on skills from dialectical behavior approaches to help people tolerate strong emotions and respond differently in stressful moments. These tools can help when anxiety, anger, or intense feelings get in the way of daily life. Together with the client she figures out which methods feel most useful and adapts them as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face from another location. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to connect between sessions or when typing feels more comfortable. These options support flexible scheduling and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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