About Carole
Carole LaFreniere helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and struggles with self-esteem and addictions. She also supports concerns around intimacy, relationship strain, parenting pressures, career shifts, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Carole uses straightforward language and practical steps to help clients move forward.
Carole is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - with eight years of clinical experience. She trained in social work and has worked in inpatient psychiatric settings and community care.
How Carole works
Her background gives her experience with complex cases and transitions across different phases of life. Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. She centers the relationship and works with each person to build a plan that fits their goals.
Sessions are conversational and focused on problem solving, not on jargon. Carole draws on several approaches that emphasize changing patterns and building new skills. She uses cognitive behavioral methods to identify thinking and behavior patterns, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and action, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
She also incorporates EMDR for trauma when appropriate. Clients can expect a down-to-earth approach, a nonjudgmental tone, and a bit of humor when it fits. She schedules evening and weekend appointments to accommodate working adults.
Carole helps people take practical first steps toward the changes they want.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that match those values. It helps people who feel stuck to commit to small, doable steps toward what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy used for trauma that involves processing distressing memories to reduce their emotional impact. Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together they will pick methods that fit. Plans can change over time as needs shift and progress is made. Online sessions offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat gives a shorter way to check in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.Start online instead of waiting
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