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Tracey Nicole Waite, LCSW

  • Experience22 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Grief
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Tracey

Tracey Nicole Waite is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida who brings 22 years of post-master's experience to her work. She offers a warm, open, and interactive counseling style grounded in empathy and nonjudgmental positive regard.

Background and approach

Tracey's practice emphasizes building on clients' strengths while using evidence-informed methods to address a wide range of mood, stress, and adjustment concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Her background includes clinical work across the lifespan and in diverse settings, providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy.

Tracey integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with acceptance-based, attachment-focused, and emotion-regulation approaches to tailor support for issues such as trauma and abuse, perinatal and end-of-life loss, chronic illness and disability, relationship and communication problems, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue. She frames therapy as a collaborative process, helping clients identify barriers, build practical skills, and move toward meaningful goals.

Clients can expect a practitioner who emphasizes practical coping strategies alongside deeper exploration of attachment and life patterns. Tracey combines solution-focused work with humanistic attention to values and strengths to support lasting change and improved day-to-day functioning.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care



Tracey uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify personal values and take committed action despite difficult thoughts or emotions; this approach can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore relationship patterns and emotional bonds that influence current difficulties, which is useful for resolving attachment issues, relationship challenges, and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is integrated to identify unhelpful thinking and develop concrete skill-based strategies for mood, sleep, and impulsivity concerns.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Tracey works with clients to assess goals, preferences, and presenting needs, then adapts techniques from these models to fit each person's circumstances rather than prescribing a single method from the outset.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it possible to access consistent therapeutic support from Florida-licensed professionals while accommodating work, caregiving, or mobility constraints and allowing ongoing skill practice between meetings.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, sleep problems, and career or life-purpose concerns.
What is the therapist's general approach or style?
The approach is warm, open, and interactive, emphasizing empathy and nonjudgmental positive regard while blending strengths-based, solution-focused, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She brings 22 years of post-master's clinical experience working across settings and with clients at varied life stages.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker: FL LCSW SW8162, and maintains a practice based in Florida.
Which languages are available for sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Available session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How does cost and subscription work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

22+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English

What Tracey can help with

Tracey Nicole Waite works with clients on stress and anxiety, grief, self esteem, depression, and coping with life changes.

Tracey works with children, adolescents, adults, and seniors, providing individual, couples, family, and group therapy in a variety of settings.

How Tracey approaches therapy

Tracey's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, and Gottman Method.

Experience and training

Tracey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Florida, with 22 years of clinical experience.