About Carol
Dr. Carol Carrell is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship strain. She works with concerns from grief and trauma to parenting stress and caregiver fatigue.
Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at helping people find manageable steps forward. Dr. Carrell keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative.
She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. Sessions often include problem-solving, communication practice, and coping skills that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes long clinical experience and work as a professor and supervisor. That mix has given her a wide view of common life challenges, such as chronic illness, addiction, or workplace stress. She brings that experience to hands-on work rather than theory alone.
When relationships are the focus she helps partners notice patterns and learn better ways to talk. For caregiving situations she emphasizes realistic strategies to reduce burnout and preserve connection. For people with attention differences she focuses on practical routines and supports to improve daily functioning.
Sessions are respectful and paced to each person’s needs. Dr. Carrell encourages small, steady changes and helps track progress.
She views therapy as a collaborative process and invites clients to shape the work so it fits their life.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options
Dr. Carrell combines client-centered listening with targeted techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Client-centered work means the therapist starts by hearing what matters most to the client and shaping sessions around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust plans as progress is tracked. This collaborative process helps match techniques to concerns such as ADHD, relationship strain, or caregiver stress.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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