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Candice Bruce

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Candice Bruce, LCSW

Florida

LCSW - Stress and relationship concerns

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About

  • CBT techniques
  • Client-centered care
  • Mindfulness tools

About Candice

Candice Bruce is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida with six years of professional experience. She works with adults who are coping with anxiety, depression, stress, life adjustments, and relationship or family concerns. Sessions focus on practical skills and clearer ways to manage daily problems.

She uses approaches that help people name what matters and try small changes. That can mean looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new ways of responding in close relationships, or learning brief strategies to reduce stress. Candice emphasizes the client as the expert in their own life and builds on existing strengths.

In sessions she asks direct questions, listens for patterns, and offers concrete tools to try between appointments. Expect clear suggestions you can use at home, short skill practices, and checking what worked at the next meeting. The work is practical and focused on steps clients can take right away.

She also helps people facing grief, addiction concerns, parenting strain, or difficulties with intimacy and self-esteem. For clients dealing with trauma, the work aims to increase safety and coping before addressing painful memories.

Candice welcomes discussions about career stress, compassion fatigue, and decision points that feel overwhelming. She supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients and uses goal-oriented methods to help people move forward.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of thinking and behaving. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into smaller, manageable steps.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and the feelings that drive them. It helps people notice how they react under stress and try new ways of connecting or communicating in important relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands. That collaboration includes trying techniques and adjusting what is used based on what helps.

Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and keeping momentum between meetings. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm the exact options available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to use short check-ins, practice skills between meetings, or schedule appointments around work and family obligations without needing extra travel time.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

Candice works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction issues, parenting strain, and related topics listed in her profile.

How does she approach therapy?

She blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness practices, focusing on practical steps and skills to use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and practices from Florida.

Can I see her if I live outside the United States?

She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.

What session formats are offered?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.

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