Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Carol works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Carol
Carol Cohn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience working in California. She helps people manage anger and other concerns like depression, grief, self-esteem, and relationship stress. Carol listens with patience and focuses on practical next steps people can try between sessions.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works alongside them to identify strengths and workable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be goal-oriented and paced to the client’s needs, with space for reflection and problem solving. Carol has extensive experience helping people cope with life transitions, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping concerns, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
Her background includes long-term clinical work across varied settings in California. Additionally she supports people dealing with family of origin problems, divorce and separation, communication difficulties, and forgiveness work. She has experience with hoarding, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and some process addictions such as gambling and exercise-related behaviors.
Therapy with Carol can include practical skill building for communication, anger management techniques, and ways to rebuild trust after infidelity. She encourages small, sustainable shifts that add up over time. People who prefer clear, collaborative plans and steady support often find her style helpful.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Women's issues
Online approaches that suit anger and life transitions
Carol uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life change and emotion regulation. Cognitive-behavioral strategies help people notice patterns of thought and behavior that fuel anger or depression, and offer practical steps to try instead. These techniques are useful for handling irritability, rumination, and problems with sleep or eating.Skills-based emotion regulation work teaches concrete ways to calm intense feelings and respond differently in heated moments. This may include breathing and grounding exercises, pacing interactions, and planning safer ways to express upset. Such skills are helpful for intimacy issues, family conflict, and everyday stressors.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. Together they set short-term goals and adjust methods if something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation for skill practice. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Carol
What concerns does Carol help with?
She works with anger, depression, grief, self-esteem, relationship stress, and related issues like trauma, intimacy problems, and bipolar mood concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a collaborative, straightforward style that treats clients as experts on their lives and focuses on practical steps to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Carol has 25 years of professional experience providing mental health care in California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost depend on?
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 Carol?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.