About Carla
Carla Cheatham is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 16 years of experience. She focuses on everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Carla helps people facing career questions and major life transitions.
She also offers coaching around life purpose and workplace challenges. Carla approaches work by treating each person as the expert on their own life. She listens first and helps clients build on their strengths.
How Carla works
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with steps that can be used between meetings. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space where a person’s goals guide the work.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify patterns of thinking and behavior and try simple experiments to change them. Carla also incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, for people dealing with trauma and panic-related symptoms. Carla helps with issues like panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and women's concerns.
She also supports people struggling with workplace stress and motivation. Her style is direct but warm, focusing on concrete skills and personal meaning. Most people can expect a clear plan at the start of therapy and regular check-ins on progress.
Carla works with clients to set realistic goals and adapts methods as needed. The focus is on usable strategies that fit each person’s life.
Carla lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Carla works with
The areas below are the ones Carla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's goals. In this approach the therapist provides support and reflection so people can clarify values and decide next steps. It works well for stress, confidence, and deciding on career or life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replaces them with practical experiments and new routines. It is commonly used for anxiety, panic, and everyday stress by teaching clear skills to practice between sessions.
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps reduce the hold of traumatic memories and intense panic symptoms through a structured process. It can be used when past events continue to cause distress in day-to-day life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they choose or blend methods and adjust the plan as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues and a more traditional session feel matter. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit short check-ins, written reflection, or scheduling around work and family commitments.
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