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Candiss Williams

Compassionate practical therapy for life and parenting challenges

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Texas, Minnesota, Missouri
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Candiss

Candiss Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical help for people feeling stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed by life changes. She speaks plainly and makes space for parents and individuals who are trying to manage parenting pressures, relationship strain, mood changes, or grief.

Many come with questions about identity, addiction, or career stress and she helps them sort the next steps. Candiss draws on eight years of counseling experience and a background that includes work in schools, domestic abuse services, substance use settings, and the criminal justice system.

Background and approach

She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills that change unhelpful thoughts and improve emotional regulation. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy ideas to keep sessions focused on the person in front of her. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and skills you can use between meetings.

That can include coping strategies for anxiety, ways to manage impulsivity, or communication practices for difficult conversations. She blends practical exercises with supportive listening so change feels manageable. Candiss keeps attention on multicultural issues, prejudice and discrimination, and identity concerns, including LGBT matters.

She also helps people facing family problems, parenting strain, grief, trauma, addiction, and mood disorders. Her work is rooted in everyday language and concrete steps rather than jargon. She holds a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor credential listed as MO LPC 2014001218 and a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor credential listed as TX LPC 83194.

Sessions are offered in English and provided from Texas.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It often includes practical exercises you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on emotional regulation and managing intense reactions. It teaches specific skills for handling stress, impulsivity, and relationship conflicts in everyday life.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and needs and together decide which methods to use. That collaborative process makes adjustments possible as progress is tracked.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people fit meetings around work, school, and parenting responsibilities and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable. For many, remote sessions make consistent progress easier while using the same therapeutic methods as in-person work.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, mood disorders, and issues related to identity and discrimination.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and goal-focused, using client-centered listening alongside techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping and communication skills.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has eight years of counseling experience and experience in school counseling, domestic abuse services, substance use support, and work within the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with credentials MO LPC 2014001218 and TX LPC 83194, and she practices from Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How do I begin the process?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Texas, Minnesota, Missouri
Languages
English

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