Candace Coston, LCSW

Candace Coston, LCSW, helps people address sexual health concerns along with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and focuses on what matters to each person. She aims to identify goals and practical steps toward them. Many clients come for help with grief, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and intimacy-related issues.

She uses everyday conversation to learn what brings people joy and who matters to them. That helps reveal personal values and what a meaningful outcome looks like. From there she and the client plan steps to move toward that destination, whether emotional, relational, or behavioral.

Candace draws on therapy methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to shape sessions. She also uses client-centered listening and mindfulness tools to help people notice patterns and make different choices. Sessions focus on skills people can try between meetings.

Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English from Campbell University and a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and practices in North Carolina.

She has four years of post-licensure experience working with a wide range of concerns including addictions, ADHD, trauma, parenting stress, career decisions, and compassion fatigue. That variety informs a flexible, practical style that centers each person’s values and real-life routines.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and practical steps to change daily routines. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and committed action. It helps when someone wants to live more in line with what matters despite difficult feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. Together they choose which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed in a collaborative way.

The profile does not list specific online formats, so confirm which session types are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use mindfulness and behavioral exercises in the moment, then bring back what happened to the next session for review.