Dr. Tracye Herndon, LPC

Dr. Tracye Herndon is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in the District of Columbia with 30 years of clinical experience. She brings a person-centered orientation to her work, blending evidence-based techniques with an eclectic, integrated approach that is tailored to each individual's needs and goals. She focuses on building rapport and trust while helping clients address a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related difficulties, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Herndon also attends to specific life contexts such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment concerns, blended family dynamics, body image, cancer and chronic illness, caregiver stress, co-occurring disorders, codependency, commitment and communication problems, control issues, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster. She works with LGBTQI identity and discovery across age groups and supports gender-specific psychotherapy and empowerment for women, young adults, teens, and seniors.

Herndon uses a variety of clinical approaches including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, Imago relationship therapy, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic methods. She explores prior therapy experiences, highlights strengths and successes, and helps clients develop a practical toolbox of coping and survival skills. Recognizing that beginning therapy can require courage, she affirms that taking the first step is meaningful and aims to create a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate therapeutic process.