Candace Thom-Rogers, LPC

Candace Thom-Rogers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 24 years of clinical experience who helps adolescents and adults heal, grow, and reconnect with themselves. She approaches each person with trauma-informed care and a strengths-based perspective, listening closely to the details of a life story while offering practical tools to manage symptoms and restore balance. Her work focuses on depression, anxiety, relationship stress, trauma and abuse, identity and sexuality concerns including LGBTQ+ issues, grief, and emotional dysregulation, and she also supports people facing caregiver stress, abandonment, isolation, and life transitions such as divorce or separation.

Candace integrates DBT-based skill building and crisis intervention into treatment when helpful, and she can incorporate faith-informed approaches at a client's request. In sessions she combines warmth and authenticity with gentle, constructive challenge so clients gain skills they can use between meetings. Many people come feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected; her goal is to create space for release, rebuilding, and renewed hope so progress feels manageable and meaningful.

Based in New Jersey, Candace meets clients where they are and collaborates on clear, individualized goals. As an LPC - a Licensed Professional Counselor - she draws on evidence-based techniques to support resilience, improved relationships, and greater emotional freedom over time.

Trauma-Informed and Skills-Based Online Care

Candace uses trauma-informed methods to recognize how past experiences affect present feelings and relationships. This approach focuses on safety, pacing, and understanding the impact of trauma while helping clients regain regulation and a sense of control; it is often helpful for people processing abuse, post-traumatic stress, and intense emotional reactions.

She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - skill building, teaching concrete strategies for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and handling crises. These skills support folks dealing with emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, mood disorders, and patterns of interpersonal conflict.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work and Candace collaborates with each person to identify what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors methods over time, combining techniques in a way that feels practical and attainable.

Online sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for busy schedules and those who cannot attend in-person. These options make it easier to access consistent care, maintain momentum between sessions, and practice new skills in real-life contexts while working with a licensed professional.