About Carol
Dr. Carol Carrell helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, trauma, addiction, and parenting concerns. She also addresses issues like compassion fatigue, sleep problems, self-esteem, career stress, and ADHD.
Carol is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with three decades of clinical experience in California. Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first and then adapts methods to each person's needs.
Sessions focus on real-life skills, clearer communication, and steps people can use between appointments.
How Carol works
Over 30 years she has worked in varied settings and with many concerns tied to illness, caregiving, chronic pain, and blended family stress. That background informs how she helps people navigate long-term challenges and changing life roles. She pays attention to how medical issues and caregiver strain affect relationships and personal wellbeing.
Therapy blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies. Emotion-focused and existential ideas are used when exploring deeper meaning, attachment, and identity questions. The goal is to match techniques to what a person needs right now.
People can expect a collaborative, steady style that emphasizes safety and clear communication. Carol aims to identify strengths, set concrete goals, and practice new habits. Therapy is treated as a practical investment in making day-to-day life more manageable and connected.
Carol lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Carol works with
The areas below are the ones Carol selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration so the person feels heard and understood; it helps with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and decisions about life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry, low mood, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal communication.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Carol will learn about a person's goals and preferences and then suggest which methods fit best. That decision is made collaboratively and can adapt as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and role-play for communication skills. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, between-session coaching, or when writing feels clearer. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between appointments.
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