About Tracy
Tracy Flug is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 23 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults and seniors handle major life stressors. She encourages people to prioritize self-care and to take the steps that feel right for them.
Her work centers on grief and end-of-life concerns, chronic illness and medical trauma, and emotional, physical, or sexual trauma. She also helps with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and coping with life transitions.
How Tracy works
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and compassion fatigue are included among the issues she addresses. Tracy uses approaches that draw on how relationships and past experiences shape current feelings. She also uses client-centered methods that focus on the person in the room and cognitive behavioral ideas to identify and change unhelpful thinking.
Narrative and psychodynamic perspectives are part of her toolkit when they fit a client's needs. Her style is straightforward and nonjudgmental. Sessions aim to be honest and practical.
The therapist works as a team with each person to set goals and try strategies that fit daily life. Tracy offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People connect in the way that works best for them.
Getting started means completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
Tracy lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Tracy works with
The areas below are the ones Tracy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Tracy commonly draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships influence feelings and reactions; this approach helps when trust, connection, and patterns in relationships are part of the concern. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on the person's needs and pace, offering empathy and respect while the client sets the direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another main tool and involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce anxiety or depression.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. Plans can change as progress is made or as new issues come up, so the approach evolves with the work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make quick check-ins and ongoing support possible between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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