About Carol
Carol Mendoza is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 14 years of experience. She approaches therapy as a practical, goal-oriented process and aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life. Her style is straightforward and respectful.
Sessions focus on clear steps clients can try between meetings. She uses tools that help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and mood concerns in simple, concrete ways. Carol draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and find workable solutions.
How Carol works
This often means breaking problems into small parts, testing ideas, and adjusting what works. Sessions usually center on skills people can use right away to feel steadier and cope better. She has experience helping people facing depression, bipolar challenges, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, and concerns around self-esteem and identity.
Carol also supports those dealing with career stress, life transitions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She lists additional focus areas including aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, domestic violence, and women's issues. Carol works with people through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person selects Start Therapy, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Carol lists 2 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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Carol uses CBT and solution-focused work online
Carol uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems running. In plain terms she helps clients test beliefs, try small behavioral experiments, and build routines that reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small, achievable changes. That approach centers on what’s already working, sets specific short-term goals, and finds practical steps a person can try between sessions to move forward.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carol will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then adapt strategies together so they fit the client’s life and pace.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping ideas, or when someone prefers typed conversation. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy routines.
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