About Carol
Carol Cohn is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strains, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also works with concerns related to trauma and abuse, intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and bipolar issues.
Her approach centers on practical talk and steady support. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on small steps they can try between meetings.
How Carol works
She sees therapy as a collaborative effort and encourages people to use their own strengths as part of the work. Over her career she has assisted people dealing with parenting questions, career transitions, and the effects of infidelity or separation. She has also supported clients facing end-of-life concerns, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic sexual behavior.
Carol draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide treatment choices. She adapts her methods to fit each person’s needs, preferences, and goals. The emphasis is on clear, doable strategies rather than jargon.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Carol uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior and replacing them with more useful habits; this helps with depression, anxiety, and compulsive behaviors. Another approach emphasizes processing painful events and building coping skills so trauma, grief, and relationship wounds feel more manageable.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they pick and adapt methods so the plan fits the individual’s needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can work well for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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