About Carol
Carol Kennerly greets clients with warmth and a straightforward approach. She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 11 years of experience. Carol aims to help people who are anxious, stressed, or facing depression find clearer footing and practical ways forward.
She focuses on everyday problems that get in the way of feeling well. That includes low self-esteem, relationship strain, grief, and trouble sleeping or eating.
How Carol works
She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, parenting challenges, career questions, and the ups and downs of bipolar disorder. Carol uses therapies that center on the person and their goals. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take purposeful steps.
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and change them. Sessions are designed to be collaborative and down-to-earth. Carol listens without judgment, helps clients set small, realistic goals, and practices skills together in session.
She treats each person as the expert on their life while offering structure and guidance. People who want a practical, compassionate counselor often find her style approachable. She encourages small steps, normalizes setbacks, and helps clients build coping skills they can use between sessions.
Her experience includes work across many concerns, and she tailors methods to match each person’s goals.
Carol lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Carol’s Approaches Work Online
Carol commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters most to them and take small, values-driven steps forward. ACT helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by focusing on actions that match a person's priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and to practice different thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep issues, and many everyday challenges. In sessions she may combine ACT and CBT tools to match what a person needs that week.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carol treats this as a collaboration - she listens to your goals and tries methods together to see what fits best. She checks in and adapts plans when something isn’t helping.
Online therapy here offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper skills work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, and other obligations.
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