Tracy Salazar, LPC
Compassionate counselor who centers your story
Details
| Name | Tracy Salazar |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Colorado |
| Licensed in | Colorado |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 18 |
About Tracy
Tracy Salazar is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and reactions to trauma. Tracy emphasizes a respectful and compassionate tone so people feel heard from the first session.
She builds conversations and plans around each person's needs. Sessions are tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. Tracy aims to make the next steps clear and achievable so clients can take them with confidence.
Background and approach
Her work often includes Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories and see different options. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered techniques to clarify values and strengthen personal agency. These approaches are used to address relationship strain, grief, intimacy questions, and self-esteem concerns.
Tracy has experience supporting people facing addiction, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and complex grief. She also works with issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, blended family concerns, and neurodiversity-related challenges like autism and Asperger Syndrome. In sessions clients can expect straightforward, empathetic talk and practical steps.
Tracy invites collaboration on goals and follows the pace each person needs. She encourages reaching out even when the first step feels hard.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger management among the things Tracy works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tracy among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Tracy directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Tracy directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and Evidence-Based Methods Translate Online
Tracy uses Narrative Therapy to help people name and reframe the stories that shape their lives. This approach looks at how past events and relationships influence current choices and helps people identify alternative, more helpful narratives.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to clarify values and encourage committed actions that match those values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where people want concrete ways to move forward. Client-Centered Therapy is another core influence; it emphasizes listening, empathy, and responding to what each person brings rather than imposing a fixed plan.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Tracy treats approach selection as a collaborative process and will adjust methods according to a client's goals, preferences, and how they respond in sessions. The therapist and client set goals together and review progress regularly.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and reading nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins or homework reviews easier and can fit into busy days. These options give flexibility to match therapy to everyday life and schedules.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Tracy commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Tracy takes a respectful, compassionate, and straightforward approach. She tailors conversations and creates practical steps so people can move forward at their own pace.
What is her professional background?
She has 18 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care, focusing on complex emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
Tracy holds a Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor credential listed as CO LPC and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She works with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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