About Carolyn
Carolyn Hollingshead is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating concerns, ADHD, and life transitions. She brings 22 years of social work experience and a long career in health and nutrition to her work. Carolyn listens for what feels most important to each person and helps them find practical steps forward.
Her approach blends talk therapy with behavioral tools. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive techniques to address unhelpful thinking and build small, useful habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and client-centered work help people notice what matters and stay connected to their goals. Carolyn draws on a background in nutrition and health education to support people coping with chronic pain, illness, and eating issues. She has also spent time working with grief and end-of-life concerns and brings experience helping people facing major life changes.
That health perspective often means she looks at practical routines as well as emotions. Sessions tend to focus on clear steps and insights that clients can use between meetings. Carolyn aims to make therapy down-to-earth and actionable, with a mix of reflection and concrete tasks.
She works to tailor each plan to the person’s daily life and priorities. Carolyn holds LCSW and LISW-CP credentials and practices in Utah. Her style is steady and inquisitive, focused on helping people better manage difficult feelings and improve everyday functioning.
How Carolyn’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify personal values and take small committed actions, even when uncomfortable feelings appear. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and building new behaviors, which can help with depression, anxiety, and ADHD-related routines.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different tools, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. Together they decide which mix of ACT, CBT, and mindfulness practices fits the person’s needs and daily life.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Chat and text work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or tracking progress between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Utah, South Carolina, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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