About Carolina
Carolina Magnussen uses practical, goal-focused therapy to help people manage strong emotions and life changes. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and brings 18 years of experience to sessions. Carolina speaks English and Portuguese and sees clients from Florida and beyond.
She treats people with respect and works to make therapy feel approachable. Carolina helps people facing relationship strain, family problems, and the impact of trauma and abuse.
How Carolina works
She also supports those coping with grief, stress, anxiety, addictions, and intimacy-related concerns. Other common issues she addresses include eating and sleeping problems, parenting challenges, anger, and self-esteem struggles. Her work often includes attention to complex situations such as abandonment, blended family issues, codependency, and caregiving stress.
She also assists people dealing with chronic illness or pain, divorce and separation, domestic violence effects, fertility concerns, and feelings of emptiness. Carolina adapts her focus to the concerns a person brings to session. In sessions she draws on practical methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and solution-focused work.
Conversations are structured to identify patterns, try small changes, and track how those changes affect everyday life. The pace and tools are chosen with each person's needs in mind. People who choose Carolina can expect straightforward guidance and collaborative planning.
She encourages realistic steps for coping and growth and stays attentive to cultural and language needs during the process.
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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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approach and online options that fit your life
Carolina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect moods and helps people test small changes to feel better. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple awareness practices that reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance. Motivational Interviewing is part of her toolkit as well, focusing on a person's own reasons for change and building motivation one step at a time.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Carolina will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve, then try methods that match those needs. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection is helpful. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and other responsibilities.
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