Tracy Herriott, LCSW

Tracy Herriott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, and the challenges of life transitions. Tracy aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful. She uses a practical, person-centered style in sessions. Tracy listens first, then co-creates a plan that matches each person's needs. She works with individuals and with couples and draws on her experience in community, inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, and private practice settings. Tracy often blends skills-based strategies with reflection. She teaches tools for managing strong emotions and improving communication. She also helps people work through grief, addiction concerns, parenting stress, intimacy issues, and burnout such as compassion fatigue. Her work includes attention to multicultural concerns, veteran and armed forces issues, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiver stress. Tracy supports people dealing with mood disorders, bipolar concerns, paranoia, and the fallout from natural or human-caused disasters. She describes therapy as a collaborative process. Tracy tailors treatment to specific goals and life circumstances. If someone is ready to start, she encourages them to take the next step and work toward clearer coping and healthier relationships.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters most to them and take action toward those values while learning to live with painful thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal skills, which can be useful for intense emotions and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit the person's situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and needs change.

The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Many people appreciate being able to schedule sessions around work or caregiving duties, and therapists can adapt exercises and tools to work well across distance.