Candis Cochran , LPC

Candis Cochran is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee who combines practical techniques with a compassionate, person-centered approach. With three years of experience in the mental health field, she has worked in residential programs, partial care settings, and church-based counseling environments, gaining direct experience addressing depression, anxiety, family and relationship conflicts, codependency, and couples counseling.

Her work is informed by a multicultural, integrative framework that begins where each person is and tailors treatment to individual values, identities, and life circumstances. She primarily uses evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, solution-focused strategies, and motivational interviewing to help clients develop coping skills and measurable goals. As an LPC, she emphasizes collaboration so clients and therapist create concrete steps toward change.

Candis focuses on a wide range of concerns including grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger, and adjustment to life changes, as well as specialty areas like blended family issues, codependency, and seasonal mood shifts. She describes her style as warm and supportive, celebrates small wins, and prioritizes steady progress at a pace that fits each person. Her aim is to help people discover practical paths forward and build resilience through thoughtful, individualized care.

How Client-Centered and CBT Approaches Work Online

Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person from their own perspective and building a collaborative relationship. Online sessions using this approach focus on empathy, active listening, and tailoring support to the client’s values and cultural background, which can be especially helpful for relationship and family concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In virtual appointments CBT often involves skill-building, practical homework, and tracking patterns over time, making it useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness therapy adds tools for grounding and present-moment awareness, which can reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; the therapist will work collaboratively to determine which methods best match a client’s needs, goals, and preferences and may integrate techniques from several approaches as appropriate.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions are delivered - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - so people can access licensed professionals from different settings and schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, stay consistent with appointments, and maintain continuity of care even when circumstances change.