About Carole
Carole Kaufman offers steady, experienced support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strains, and life transitions. She is an Ohio licensed independent social worker (LISW) with 20 years of practice experience. Carole aims to build a warm, trusting connection so clients can talk through difficult moments and find practical paths forward.
Carole returned to counseling after a recent retirement from both independent practice and the Cleveland Clinic, where she worked in inpatient geriatric and adult psychiatry.
How Carole works
That background gives her experience with sudden illness, chronic medical issues, and concerns that come with aging. She has also focused on maternal and child health and parental guidance concerns. Her clinical work draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which she studied in an intensive postgraduate year, along with client-centered, psychodynamic, and solution-focused approaches.
She mixes strategies to match what each person needs, from tackling unhelpful thoughts to exploring patterns that repeat over time. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Carole helps people set achievable steps, practice new skills, and make sense of hard feelings.
She pays particular attention to stress, depression, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related issues, and caregiver strain. People who are coping with midlife changes, family of origin problems, fertility or parenting stress, or the demands of caregiving may find her perspective useful. Carole works in English and provides counseling remotely to clients in Ohio.
Carole lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Carole works with
The areas below are the ones Carole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How Carole’s Approaches Translate Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. It emphasizes empathy and the client’s own goals, which helps when someone needs acceptance and a clear space to talk through feelings.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes by breaking problems into manageable steps.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with the client to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That way sessions stay focused and relevant to each person’s needs.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls make it possible to have face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions work when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and can fit into work breaks or caregiving schedules. These options make therapy more accessible while keeping the work collaborative and goal driven.
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