About Carly
Carly Gelb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people find practical ways to feel better. She draws on eight years of clinical experience to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, mood changes, addiction, grief, and ADHD. Carly writes simply and listens closely so clients can name what matters most to them.
She uses a client-centered style that puts the person in charge of the work.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and geared toward real-life goals. Carly may bring in tools like journaling, worksheets, art activities, and guided meditation when those methods fit a client's preferences. Carly blends proven approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with mindfulness skills.
That mix is aimed at helping people manage overwhelming feelings, adjust unhelpful thinking, and build better routines. Sessions often focus on small, manageable steps instead of big, abstract changes. She also helps with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and career stress.
Addiction, eating and sleeping problems, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue are part of her experience as well. Carly works with adults who want practical strategies they can try between sessions. People who choose Carly usually want straightforward feedback and flexible tools.
The approach is down-to-earth and paced to each person's needs. If someone prefers a therapist who combines active skills work with a nonjudgmental attitude, Carly offers that style in her practice.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and living with attention challenges by teaching practical actions rather than fighting thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers concrete exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood problems, sleep issues, and managing ADHD-related routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carly treats approach selection as a collaboration, adjusting methods to match a person's goals, daily life, and what feels most helpful. She may mix ACT, CBT, mindfulness, or other techniques based on what the client needs and prefers.
Online sessions give flexible ways to do that work. Video calls let people meet face to face when interaction and visual cues matter. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing coaching, brief check-ins, or homework questions between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while using the same behavioral tools and skills as in-person care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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