Candace Harren

Candace Harren is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She has experience addressing feelings of isolation and loneliness and helps clients find practical ways to feel more connected and steady. Her tone is warm and direct, and she aims to create a respectful space where people can talk about what matters most to them.

With 15 years of clinical experience, Candace draws on Client-Centered and Solution-Focused approaches to guide sessions. She focuses on building trust, listening carefully, and working with each person to name clear, achievable steps. Sessions tend to emphasize what matters now and small changes that add up over time.

Candace has worked with concerns that include caregiver stress, adoption and foster care issues, cancer and hospice-related needs, substance use, social anxiety, and personality-related struggles. She also addresses life transitions like divorce and separation and themes such as guilt, shame, and life purpose.

Her style centers on collaboration. She helps people identify areas they want to change and sets short-term goals to move toward those changes. The process is practical and paced to the individual, with attention to strengths and resilience.

Candace practices in Minnesota and offers services in English. She accepts international clients and uses a session structure that links assessment with clear next steps. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Candace uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means she focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. This approach helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to process grief, isolation, or anxiety and to be heard while making decisions about next steps.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify concrete goals and small changes that lead to improvement. That method is useful when someone wants short-term, practical strategies for stress, low mood, or feeling disconnected from others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and recommend ways of working that fit the person's needs. That means sessions can shift over time from listening and processing to setting more targeted, solution-oriented steps when that feels right.

Confirm the specific session formats before booking, as format options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or for talking without being on camera if that feels better. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while they work toward their goals.