Audra Vance , LPC, LCMHC

Audra Vance is a seasoned counselor with more than 27 years of experience supporting individuals through stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. She holds two professional licenses - LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - reflecting her training and authorization to provide mental health counseling in clinical settings.

Her work emphasizes compassion and acceptance, and she adapts her approach to meet each person where they are. Audra draws on a strengths-based perspective, helping clients recognize and build on existing resources so they can pursue meaningful growth and greater confidence. She focuses on practical skill building so people can learn to advocate for themselves and solve problems in everyday life.

Audra offers support for a broad range of concerns beyond core areas like anxiety and grief, including adoption and foster care matters, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, co-morbidity, codependency, communication problems, control issues, coping with disasters, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, fertility concerns, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and hospice or end-of-life counseling. Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy, which she integrates to suit each person’s goals and preferences.

Based in North Carolina and providing services in English, Audra combines practical strategies with empathic support to help clients set goals, establish healthy boundaries, and manage emotions and situations more effectively. She is not accepting new clients at this time.