About Carolyn
Carolyn Westgate offers steady, experienced support for people dealing with worry, stress, addiction, relationship strain, low mood, and the daily demands of parenting. She is a Kansas LCPC with 22 years in the field and a practical focus on helping clients find clearer steps forward. Carolyn keeps sessions simple and direct.
She listens closely and helps clients set realistic goals. Treatment plans use a mix of approaches chosen to match each person’s needs rather than a single fixed method.
How Carolyn works
Over two decades in practice have brought a wide range of experience, including work with adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, addiction concerns, trauma and grief, and first responder and veteran issues. That background informs how she helps people make changes that fit their life.
Her clinical tools include cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and take meaningful action, and solution-focused strategies to build small, practical wins. Trauma-focused methods are used when past harm needs careful attention. Carolyn approaches each person with respect and curiosity.
If a match doesn’t feel right, she will help find another therapist who might suit better. Sessions aim to be collaborative, goal-oriented, and grounded in everyday concerns.
Carolyn lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Carolyn works with
The areas below are the ones Carolyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with what matters most. It focuses on values-driven action and can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches skills to identify and change thinking patterns that lead to distress and to build new behaviors for clearer results. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, concrete steps to solve immediate problems and create momentum toward goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carolyn will listen to your goals, preferences, and concerns and then recommend methods that fit. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress unfolds so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is often used for full sessions, phone can suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging allows brief updates or coaching between meetings. These options aim to make it simpler to keep therapy consistent with daily life.
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