Candace Alvor, LCSW

Candace Alvor is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of practice experience. She brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and focuses on helping people meet their goals. Candace is based in Utah and works in English. Candace centers conversations on the issues people bring. She helps with anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with relationship and family concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions aim to identify small, doable steps that lead to change. Candace listens, reflects what she hears, and helps people try new ways of thinking and behaving. She uses methods from cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered work, and solution-focused therapy. That means she often helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, try practical experiments, and build on what already works. The focus is on real-life problems and workable strategies. Candace describes herself as a mother who balances many roles, so she understands life’s competing demands. She welcomes conversations about spiritual or personal goals when those matter to a client. To begin, people choose a session format and schedule a time that fits their life.

Practical approaches for online therapy

Many of her sessions draw on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to change how they feel. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges.

She also uses client-centered therapy to create a listening space where a person's goals and values guide the work. That approach is about being heard and shaping therapy around what matters most to the individual. Solution-focused therapy appears in shorter-term work, focusing on clear goals and steps to reach them rather than lengthy problem analysis.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods to try. Together they adjust the plan based on what helps and what feels manageable.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is helpful for more in-depth conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options allow flexible scheduling and make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel.