How Carol works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Carol
Dr. Carol Carrell is a licensed marriage and family therapist with three decades of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and relationship struggles.
Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at making day-to-day life easier for parents and adults facing hard moments. She draws on a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs rather than using one fixed method. Sessions focus on clear goals, skills you can practice between meetings, and learning how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and relationships.
Background and approach
Dr. Carrell often addresses caregiver stress, chronic health concerns, and the strain that medical issues place on families. Work may include looking at patterns in relationships, improving communication, and building coping skills for grief, trauma, or addiction.
She also supports people navigating identity and coming out, and she has experience with codependency and family-of-origin issues. Practical strategies for sleep, parenting tensions, and workplace strain are commonly part of her work. Dr.
Carrell has served a wide age range over her career and brings experience from clinical practice, supervision, and teaching. Her style is warm and direct, helping people set realistic steps and practice new ways of responding. She encourages clients to use therapy as a chance to try change and notice small gains.
People who choose her often want a therapist who listens carefully, offers specific tools, and helps sort through complicated life and relationship problems. Sessions are conducted in English and scheduled to fit the client’s routine.
What Carol works with
Everything Carol lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Carol's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- 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
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Carol lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and gain confidence to explore difficult feelings and life choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and managing stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. DBT tools can help with intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and problems with impulse control.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines, then suggest methods to try. Sessions are collaborative and may combine techniques from different approaches to match what a client needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and reading body language. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make consistent work on goals more manageable.
Questions people ask about Carol
What concerns does she address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma, addictions, caregiver fatigue, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and direct, focusing on clear goals and practical skills that people can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of experience in clinical work, supervision, and teaching with a broad range of presenting issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LMFT credential and is licensed as a California LMFT and Arizona LMFT, with practice listed in California.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.