About Carmela
Carmela Byus works with people wrestling with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and struggles with self-esteem and intimacy. She also supports those facing eating issues, stress, and a range of related struggles like abandonment, codependency, isolation, and postpartum depression. Carmela has 16 years of professional experience and holds an LPCC, licensed in Ohio.
Carmela’s style is straightforward and supportive. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Carmela works
Sessions move at a pace that feels manageable and focus on practical steps that help reduce symptoms and increase confidence. Her background includes many years in substance use disorder treatment beginning in 2012 and broader mental health work since 2022. That mix shapes a practical approach to problems tied to addiction, trauma, and mood concerns.
She aims to combine lived experience, clinical skill, and clear goal-setting. In meetings she listens for what matters most and helps people make small, steady changes. Conversations may include ways to handle triggers, improve communication, cope with grief, or rebuild self-worth.
The work often involves setting achievable goals and practicing new habits between sessions. Carmela offers help in English and accepts international clients. She provides sessions using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
What Carmela works with
The areas below are the ones Carmela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online sessions
Carmela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people identify and change patterns that fuel addiction and harmful coping. It teaches concrete skills for managing urges, handling triggers, and replacing unhelpful behaviors with healthier ones.Another approach emphasizes working through trauma and related symptoms by building safety and emotional regulation skills. This work often includes learning ways to tolerate distress, process difficult memories at a steady pace, and reduce reactivity in relationships and daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carmela will work with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is most helpful and what the person wants to accomplish.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, ongoing support between meetings and can help maintain momentum. These options give practical flexibility so therapy can continue even when schedules are tight.
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