- CBT informed
- Substance use support
- Attachment concerns
About Tracity
Tracity Gordon James is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New Jersey with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults and teens who face substance use concerns, trauma, and co-occurring diagnoses. Tracity lists stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression among her core concerns.
Tracity uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She offers straightforward tools people can use between sessions. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear skills rather than abstract theory.
She also attends to relationship and attachment concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, and communication problems. Tracity addresses problems tied to control and dependence, and works with people navigating separation or divorce. She notes experience with dissociation, domestic violence, and disruptive mood patterns.
Tracity works with people exploring kink and alternative sexual cultures, and with those managing substance and alcohol addiction. Her approach looks at how multiple issues interact, including co-morbidity and avoidant or dependent personality patterns. She adapts what she does to the specific concerns someone brings.
Tracity offers a practical, skills-focused way of working. She asks about what is happening now and what a person wants to change. The first sessions typically clarify goals and identify a few concrete strategies to try.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Tracity draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and the behaviors that follow, which can ease guilt-driven rumination and anxious responses. She pairs these techniques with practical skills training aimed at coping with cravings, flashbacks, or mood swings.Another focus is working with attachment and relational patterns. This approach looks at how early relationship experiences shape current reactions to closeness, abandonment, and trust, which is useful for people dealing with shame linked to relationships or commitment issues. These methods are used to build clearer ways of responding rather than relying on old habits.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Tracity will discuss goals, strengths, and preferences and suggest methods that fit the person’s needs. She treats choosing techniques as a collaborative process and adjusts over time based on what is helpful.
The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and let someone check in from a different location. If phone or video are offered, phone sessions can mean less bandwidth and quicker check-ins, while video lets the therapist and client use visual cues during work on emotions and behaviors.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression, plus related areas like abandonment and attachment issues.
How does she approach shame and guilt?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and offers practical skills to reduce shame-driven reactions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with adults and teens on substance use, trauma, PTSD, and co-occurring diagnoses.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Jersey and practices with a focus on the concerns listed in her profile.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.