Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Carla works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Carla
Carla McGehee is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of experience supporting people through strong emotions and life transitions. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work that helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and related issues. Carla uses straightforward methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thinking and change reactions.
She explains skills in clear, simple terms so they are easy to use outside of sessions.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational approaches are also part of her toolbox when they fit a person's goals. Her background includes work as an intake specialist and several years as a mental health counselor at community mental health services in Texas. Those roles gave her experience with grief, trauma, chronic pain, addiction-related coping, and emotional control challenges.
Carla treats change as a process that can involve real loss. She helps people name what they are letting go of and imagine what comes next. Sessions move at the client's pace, and goals are set together so work stays focused on what matters most.
Typical meetings last about 45 minutes and allow time for new issues that arise. With permission, she can draw on a client's spiritual beliefs as part of the support plan. Overall, her aim is to help people leave sessions feeling more hopeful and better able to handle the next steps.
What Carla works with
Everything Carla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Carla's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carla lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
Carla commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thought patterns and test new ways of thinking and behaving; this can reduce anxiety, depression, and reactivity. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and healthier communication for people who struggle with strong emotions. Mindfulness techniques are used to build present-moment awareness and reduce automatic reactions when that supports a client's goals.Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice is revisited as work progresses so the approach stays useful and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people practice skills and read nonverbal cues, phone can fit into a busy day or lower bandwidth, live chat and messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Carla
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Carla works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction-related coping, grief, trauma, and life changes among other challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with clear explanations and skills practice. Mindfulness and motivational ideas are added when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience, including work as an intake specialist and several years as a community mental health counselor in Texas.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Texas.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Carla provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.