About Carolina
Carolina Dudley welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. She speaks English and Spanish and has 18 years of clinical experience. Carolina presents herself as warm and straightforward, and she aims to help clients feel heard and respected from the first session.
She knows what it is like to live with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder, and she brings that perspective into sessions. Carolina focuses on helping with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, and coping with life changes.
How Carolina works
She also helps people facing parenting strain, career decisions, mood differences, and relationship struggles. Carolina uses practical approaches that make therapy feel useful and relevant. She leans on client-centered conversations to follow each person’s lead, and she uses cognitive behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help turn small steps into lasting progress. Her practice emphasizes compassion, authenticity, and faith as part of the work when clients want that included. Sessions aim to build resilience, clarify goals, and connect people to their strengths.
The tone is nonjudgmental and inclusive, and she adapts pace and methods to each person’s needs. Carolina is licensed in Michigan and Ohio as an LMSW and LISW. She offers sessions in English and Spanish and supports people who want to address a broad range of life and mood concerns.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
Carolina lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Carolina works with
The areas below are the ones Carolina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Carolina's Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following each person's priorities, so online sessions begin by identifying what matters most to the client and building from there. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and introduces simple experiments and skills to change unhelpful patterns. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and supports commitment to small, achievable steps.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Carolina works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, preferences, and pace. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversations and working through exercises together. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, and flexible communication between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around daily life and maintain consistent progress.
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