Dr. Carol Gandolfo, AZ Psychologist, CA Psychologist
Experienced psychologist focused on practical change
Book with CarolWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Carol works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- AZ Psychologist, CA Psychologist
- Licensed in
- California, Arizona
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Carol
Dr. Carol Gandolfo is a licensed psychologist with twenty years of clinical experience. She holds psychologist licenses in Arizona and California and has provided care across community, hospital, and correction-related settings.
She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, and anger alongside longer-term issues such as trauma and mood disorders. Her early work included internships at a homeless shelter, a counseling center, and a state hospital for developmental disabilities. Those roles exposed her to many different needs, from substance use and domestic violence to intellectual disability and autism spectrum concerns.
Background and approach
She later worked at developmental centers treating conditions like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Dr. Gandolfo has experience contributing to legal and emergency settings.
She has provided expert testimony, delivered competency training, and volunteered on a fire department Critical Incident Stress Management team. She has also mentored women reentering the community and served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate. In sessions she uses practical, goal-oriented methods.
Her work often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to help people change patterns and set achievable goals. Motivational Interviewing is used when people are weighing change, and Trauma-Focused approaches guide recovery after distressing events. Clients can expect clear, direct conversation and step-by-step plans.
She helps people break large problems into manageable steps. Her practice supports a wide range of concerns, from coping with life changes to improving relationships and managing anger.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Carol lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Gandolfo commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change thinking and behavior patterns that worsen stress, anxiety, or anger. It often includes practical exercises and homework to try between sessions. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process distressing events and develop safer ways to manage triggers and memories, with pacing determined by the person’s needs.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and what feels comfortable, then choose or adapt methods collaboratively. Changes are tried in steps so clients can see what fits best for them.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter updates, quick coaching, or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or other obligations.
Questions people ask about Carol
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns as well as trauma, depression, addictions, anger, and many related issues.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions tend to be practical and goal focused, often using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused methods, and Motivational Interviewing to set steps people can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings twenty years of clinical experience across hospitals, developmental centers, community programs, and volunteer emergency response teams.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an Arizona psychologist and a California psychologist and practices from Arizona.
Which languages are offered in therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.