About Carrie
Carrie Main holds a Master of Professional Studies from the University of Minnesota and brings four years of experience in addiction and mental health work. She practices as a licensed professional clinical counselor and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and centers her work on respect and practical care. Carrie believes people are fundamentally good and shaped by their life events.
She meets each person where they are and treats their concerns as personal and real.
Background and approach
Carrie focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, sleeping trouble, and relationship strain. She also helps with addiction, substance concerns, and smoking or vaping cessation. ADHD, depression, trauma, and anger are among other areas she addresses.
Her work includes support for people facing midlife changes, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is straightforward and individualized. Sessions look at what’s getting in the way now, build small skills, and test what helps between meetings.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to fit each person’s life and goals. Carrie is based in Wisconsin and works with adults who want practical steps and steady support. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on usable tools more than jargon.
The aim is to leave each session with something concrete to try. People who prefer clear plans and gentle accountability tend to do well with her style. She favors short-term skill building alongside longer-term emotional work when needed.
Language of sessions is English and she practices as LPCC and LPC.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from structured, skill-focused techniques that teach clear coping strategies and change unhelpful patterns. One common evidence-based approach focuses on building concrete skills for managing strong emotions and stress, such as breath work, activity planning, and step-by-step behavior changes. This style helps with anxiety, anger, and everyday stress.Another helpful approach emphasizes short, focused work on thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. This method looks at how thinking affects feelings and actions, and then tries small experiments in daily life to find what helps. It can be useful for depression, low motivation, and ADHD-related challenges like planning and follow-through.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carrie will work with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She will adjust the plan over time based on what is and isn’t working so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow a full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into short breaks, live chat is good for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and brief updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what works best.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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