About Carrie
Carrie Fraser is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Tennessee. She brings 28 years of experience and a calm, straightforward manner to sessions. Carrie focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and life changes.
She is approachable and aims to help people find clearer steps forward. Carrie uses a collaborative style in therapy. She listens first and then shapes sessions around each person's needs.
How Carrie works
Expect direct conversation about coping skills, relationship patterns, and motivation for change. She also works with issues like low self-esteem, intimacy concerns, anger, career strain, bipolar mood challenges, and depression. <brHer background includes long experience in addiction recovery, crisis work, and spiritual direction. That history informs how she responds to complex or overlapping problems, such as co-morbidity, caregiver stress, and codependency.
She draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches to match what helps most in the moment. Sessions often focus on clear goals and short-term progress while leaving room for deeper work. Carrie supports people dealing with blended family stress, divorce and separation, body image concerns, and cancer-related issues.
She also helps with communication problems, commitment worries, and feelings of emptiness. People who choose Carrie usually want a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk and try new ways of coping. Her style combines practical tools with attention to each person’s story.
She aims to meet clients where they are and work together toward meaningful change.
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What Carrie works with
The areas below are the ones Carrie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 28 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit into online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers on understanding each person's experience and building sessions around their needs. It focuses on empathy, active listening, and helping people talk through feelings to find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then use elements of different methods to match what helps most. This collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs change, mixing short-term problem solving with deeper exploration when useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care across life changes.
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