About Carrie
Carrie Kirchner is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage strong emotions and rebuild steady routines. She focuses on practical skills for stress, anxiety, anger, mood swings, and low self-esteem. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making everyday life feel more manageable.
Carrie draws on approaches that teach concrete tools for regulating feelings and changing unhelpful thinking. She works alongside clients to set small goals, practice new skills, and notice progress over time.
How Carrie works
Sessions emphasize learning ways to cope with big emotions and reduce harmful patterns. Over a decade in practice in Missouri has shaped her work with people navigating depression, bipolar mood challenges, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. She also addresses concerns such as ADHD, relationship strain, and issues around abandonment and attachment.
Carrie pays attention to how past experiences influence current reactions and helps people find steadier ways to respond. Her approach brings together skill-building and real-world problem solving. That can mean practicing grounding techniques, testing new thoughts, or rehearsing calmer ways to communicate.
The goal is to leave sessions with something useful to try before the next meeting. Carrie respects each person's pace and priorities. She encourages clients to identify what matters most to them and then tailor sessions to those goals.
Progress often comes from repeated practice and small adjustments rather than big sudden changes.
Carrie lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Using CBT and DBT Online to Build Emotional Skills
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and focused on changing patterns that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and self-critical thinking.DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions. It is often used when emotions feel overwhelming and when learning steady coping skills matters most.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Carrie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice can shift over time as skills build and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and texting make it possible to touch base between meetings or when writing feels easier. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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