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Tracey York, LPC

  • Experience37 years
  • LocationPennsylvania
  • Focus areasAddictions, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Tracey

Tracey York is an LPC with 37 years of clinical experience supporting people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, depression, anxiety, stress, and a wide range of other life challenges.

Background and approach

She draws on long experience helping clients and families manage complicated issues including eating concerns, grief, bipolar disorder, anger, self-esteem, parenting struggles, and identity-related matters within LGBT communities. Additional focus areas include boundary and attachment struggles, dissociation, personality-related patterns, and relationship difficulties such as blended family or divorce-related stress.

Her approach blends direct guidance with empathic listening, adapting methods to what each person needs. Tracey uses tools from Internal Family Systems, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, emotionally-focused techniques, and mindfulness practices to address symptoms and improve emotional regulation and connection.

She has substantial background treating trauma-related reactions and working with sexual health and compulsivity issues, and she brings experience partnering with families to strengthen communication and long-term relationship functioning. Based in Pennsylvania, Tracey aims to create a respectful space where clients can explore thoughts and feelings without judgment and learn practical skills for sustained change.

She offers a collaborative style that helps clients move toward greater resilience and improved relationships.

Integrating therapeutic models with online care

The practice draws on Internal Family Systems, client-centered therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people understand internal parts, feel heard, and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Internal Family Systems frames emotional struggles as interactions among inner parts and can be useful for addressing trauma responses, attachment wounds, and internal conflict. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and acceptance, helping clients explore feelings and build self-awareness. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and testing thought patterns and building practical coping skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic behaviors.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then selects or blends methods that best support the therapeutic work. Clients are invited to provide feedback so the plan can be adjusted as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow scheduling flexibility and the ability to continue work from home or other convenient locations. These formats make it easier to maintain regular sessions, try different communication styles, and incorporate therapeutic practices into day-to-day life while working toward greater emotional regulation and improved relationships.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Tracey works with addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, depression, anxiety, stress, grief, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, parenting and a variety of personality and behavioral challenges.
How would you describe the therapist's style and approach?
She combines a more directive therapeutic stance with empathic, client-centered listening and tailors interventions to each person’s needs using a mix of approaches.
What sort of clinical experience does she bring?
She has 37 years of professional experience working with individuals and families on substance use, behavioral addictions, trauma reactions, sexual health concerns, and relationship dynamics.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - practicing in Pennsylvania with license number PA LPC PC007191.
Does she offer therapy in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

37+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English