About Carin
Carin Skapars is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, career concerns, and major life changes. She works with grief, parenting strain, relationship challenges, and mood concerns. Her approach is practical and direct, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.
She uses clear conversations to identify what is most urgent for each person. Sessions focus on skills you can try between meetings and steps that fit your life.
How Carin works
Carin draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape short-term goals and test what works. Carin brings 12 years of professional experience to her practice. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every interaction.
Her style is adaptive, so treatment plans are adjusted as needs change. People who meet with her can expect straightforward goal-setting, practical coping strategies, and regular check-ins on progress. She also supports those coping with chronic illness or caregiving stress, aging concerns, and workplace-related problems.
Carin pays attention to both immediate coping and longer-term life purpose questions. Her practice offers a blend of skills coaching and emotional support. The aim is to help people build confidence, handle setbacks, and move toward clearer next steps.
Carin encourages small experiments in daily life to test what helps and what doesn’t.
Carin lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Carin works with
The areas below are the ones Carin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Carin’s Approaches Work Online
Carin commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy when working with people. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical changes and on building steps toward specific goals, which can help with career decisions, relationship challenges, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carin will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so work stays relevant and doable.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face dialogue for deep work, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone wants written reflections to review later. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and to fit sessions into real life.
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