Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
How Carisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Oregon
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Carisa
Carisa Givens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who draws on 12 years of experience to help people manage stress, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions. She offers straightforward, compassionate support for worries like anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and career concerns. Sessions are delivered with warmth and practical problem solving.
Carisa uses approaches that teach skills as well as explore meaning. She often blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered work to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and clarify what matters most.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are added when they fit the goal. In a typical session she listens first, then sets simple, realistic goals together. She focuses on concrete steps people can try between sessions to test new ways of responding to stress, anger, or difficult relationships.
Progress is tracked in small, measurable ways. Carisa has experience supporting people facing family tensions, blended household challenges, caregiver strain, and end-of-life concerns. She also addresses intimacy issues, codependency, and communication problems that make daily life harder.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and can include video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People may find short coaching-style check-ins or longer therapy conversations depending on what they need. The overall aim is clear: help people feel more able to handle life and relationships one step at a time.
What Carisa works with
Everything Carisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Carisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carisa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed actions toward those values. It is useful for stress, anger, and life changes when someone wants a values-based direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. It often includes homework to practice skills between sessions.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person sets the pace and topics. This approach supports growth by listening deeply and reflecting back what matters most to the individual.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they try methods, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging to suit different days and needs. Video is good when visual connection matters, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and text messaging helps keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Carisa
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people working on stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, career stress, parenting strain, and related concerns such as codependency and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens first, then helps set clear, practical goals and teaches tools to test new behaviors between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has 12 years of counseling experience supporting people through life transitions, blended family challenges, end-of-life issues, and chronic stress.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) registered in Texas and Oregon as TX LPC and OR LPC and practices out of Texas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.