About Carmen
Carmen Shumate is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience working in Georgia. She focuses on practical strategies that help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, trauma and relationship concerns. Carmen prioritizes respect and sensitivity in sessions and adapts goals to each person's needs.
Her work has taken place in hospitals, offices, residential facilities, group homes, and in people's homes. That variety gave her experience with many kinds of life challenges and caregiving situations.
How Carmen works
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that deepen suffering and to try small changes that can make life easier. Carmen also uses client-centered ideas to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness tools are added when emotion regulation or distress tolerance are needed.
Sessions include clear, usable steps rather than abstract theory. Many people come to her for help with self-esteem, body image, workplace stress, first responder issues, or trouble communicating with others. She also supports those coping with chronic illness or pain, divorce, guilt and shame, and certain mood disorders such as disruptive mood dysregulation and post-traumatic stress.
Her scheduling aims to be flexible, with early morning, afternoon, and late evening hours listed. Carmen encourages anyone who is ready to reach out to take the first step and start a conversation about what they need.
Carmen lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Carmen works with
The areas below are the ones Carmen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist uses that direction to set goals together and shape each session around the client's priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress-related symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping. Mindfulness techniques are used alongside DBT or CBT to help slow down intense reactions and increase present-moment awareness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carmen will collaborate with each person to decide which tools and methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing symptom tracking, or added support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule consistent work on stress, mood, trauma, and relationship concerns.
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