Audra Vance, LPC, LCMHC
Compassionate counselor focused on practical growth
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 27
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Audra
Audra Vance is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 27 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. Her approach is steady and compassionate, aimed at practical changes that make daily life easier.
She begins by listening to what matters most to the person in front of her. Audra focuses on strengths and builds skills people can use outside of sessions.
Background and approach
She works in short, clear steps so progress feels manageable and real. Audra uses a mix of approaches shaped around each person’s goals. That can include noticing thoughts and values, working on unhelpful thinking patterns, and learning mindfulness skills to steady emotions.
She also uses motivational conversation to help people find reasons to change. In sessions she helps people set goals, practice healthier boundaries, and solve problems that come up at home or work. She pays attention to adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and fertility or end-of-life worries when those come up.
Her style emphasizes acceptance and encouragement rather than blame. People leave with tools to manage strong feelings and clearer plans for moving forward. Audra encourages steady progress and supports people as they try new ways of coping.
What Audra works with
Everything Audra lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Audra helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Audra lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters to them and take actions that reflect those values even when feelings are difficult. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and parenting decisions when there is a gap between intentions and actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and day-to-day problem solving.The right approach often takes a bit of trying. Audra will discuss options and work collaboratively to choose and adapt methods that match a person's goals and preferences. Together they set goals, test new skills, and adjust the plan as progress is seen or needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video lets people see nonverbal cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth is limited or a shorter conversation is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or people who prefer typed communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Audra
What kinds of concerns does Audra address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, low self-esteem, and depression, along with adoption and foster care matters and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is compassionate and accepting, and she tailors work to each person. Sessions focus on practical skills and steady progress.
What is her professional background?
She has 27 years of clinical experience and brings long-term practice supporting people through life transitions and loss.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina while also holding a South Carolina LPC credential.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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