Therapist profile
Gracia Clark, LPC, LPCC
Licensed counselor - Family and parenting focus
Continue with GraciaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Addiction recovery
- Attachment work
About Gracia
Gracia Clark is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with six years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, eating and body-image concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar. She also addresses adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, codependency, and family of origin problems.
Gracia uses a direct but gentle counseling style. She listens without judgment and also offers clear feedback when needed. Sessions tend to include practical tools for emotional regulation, communication, and coping with difficult changes. Clients often work on concrete steps to manage anxiety, addiction, or relationship conflict.
Her work draws on several evidence-informed approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Those methods guide real tasks in sessions such as values clarification, behavior experiments, and skills for managing strong emotions.
Gracia has experience across different care settings and with varied presenting concerns, including substance and behavioral addictions, trauma responses, and parenting strain. She combines skill-building with attention to relational patterns that can keep problems repeating.
People who choose her often want straightforward guidance along with practical strategies they can use between sessions. To begin, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors through practical exercises. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and helps people understand how their early bonds affect current connections and parenting concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Gracia discusses different methods with each person and makes decisions together based on needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning means sessions can mix strategies, add skill-building, or focus on deeper relational patterns as needed.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy household routine. It can also allow shorter check-ins, reduce travel time, and let people choose times that align with childcare, work breaks, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises used in ACT and CBT to work over distance, and attachment-focused conversations can be held effectively in regular scheduled sessions.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin, Minnesota
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns does she address?
She helps people work through family conflict, parenting strain, adoption and foster care questions, and family of origin issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is direct and gentle; she listens without judgment and also gives clear feedback and practical tools.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of counseling experience working in a variety of settings with issues such as addiction, trauma, anxiety, and depression.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Minnesota.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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