About Carrie
Dr. Carrie Willey is a licensed counselor with more than three decades of clinical work behind her. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and has spent years treating addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and mood concerns.
Carrie draws on direct experience from residential and specialty treatment settings as part of her practical background. Her approach is straightforward and active. She uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Carrie works
Dialectical behavior techniques are used for emotional regulation and coping skills. Somatic work is included when body-based responses to trauma need attention. Clients who meet with Carrie can expect homework and practical exercises between sessions.
She looks for small, doable steps that build toward larger change. The work focuses on strengths already present and on breaking patterns that limit daily functioning. Her history includes roles at The Meadows and Shades of Hope, where she provided treatment for trauma, addictions, and eating disorders.
She also has experience delivering assessments and treatment in diverse tribal settings through Indian Health Services. Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled from her Texas practice. Carrie integrates life experience, clinical methods, and a spiritual perspective to tailor care to each person.
Her style suits someone who wants clear structure, active skill building, and practical tools for recovery and growth.
Carrie lists 5 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Dr. Willey uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on specific problems like anxiety, low mood, or eating concerns. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for regulating intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can help with mood swings, impulsive behaviors, and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and needs, and will adjust strategies based on what works. That means sessions can mix CBT, DBT, or somatic ideas depending on how someone responds and what feels most helpful.
Online therapy allows the same skill building and structured work as in-person care while fitting into busy lives. Video calls let people practice skills face-to-face, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat serves brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection and homework prompts. These options offer flexibility so people can keep progress moving even with a packed schedule.
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