- Warm interactive style
- Bilingual English Spanish
- Focus on self esteem
About Graciela
Graciela "Gracie" Wangsnes is a licensed clinical social worker with 10 years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and brings a warm, interactive style to sessions. Gracie focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and self esteem concerns.
She works to create an open space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions focus on practical conversation and collaborative planning. Gracie tailors the pace and topics to each person's needs.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening. She also draws on acceptance-focused strategies and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotional regulation and interpersonal stress.
Gracie often helps people unpack family conflict, trauma and abuse, body image struggles, guilt and shame, and social anxiety. She uses straightforward techniques to build self-love, increase confidence, and reduce post-traumatic stress reactions when present.
People who choose her can expect practical steps between sessions and a focus on skills that fit everyday life. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while working toward each person’s goals.
She works to create an open space where people can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions focus on practical conversation and collaborative planning. Gracie tailors the pace and topics to each person's needs.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening. She also draws on acceptance-focused strategies and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotional regulation and interpersonal stress.
Gracie often helps people unpack family conflict, trauma and abuse, body image struggles, guilt and shame, and social anxiety. She uses straightforward techniques to build self-love, increase confidence, and reduce post-traumatic stress reactions when present.
People who choose her can expect practical steps between sessions and a focus on skills that fit everyday life. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while working toward each person’s goals.