About Carisa
Carisa Givens, LPC, uses a practical blend of talk therapy and skill-building to help people manage stress and anxiety. She speaks English and Spanish and works from Texas, bringing 12 years of counseling experience to everyday problems. Her style is warm and interactive, focused on respect and clear communication.
She helps people facing grief, life transitions, and career stress. She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep trouble, and self-esteem issues.
Background and approach
Mood concerns such as depression and bipolar-related challenges are included in her work alongside compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. Carisa uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and take meaningful action. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Motivational interviewing can help people clarify values and build commitment to change. Sessions are tailored to each person. She avoids stigmatizing labels and adapts communication to meet individual needs.
Practical tools, short-term strategies, and conversational reflection are common parts of her sessions. Carisa also addresses family-of-origin issues, blended family dynamics, codependency, attachment concerns, and communication problems. She offers support for hospice and end-of-life matters, forgiveness work, and the loneliness that can follow big life changes.
Her aim is to help people find steadier footing and clearer next steps. People who prefer online work can connect by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. International clients may be supported, and therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Carisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT often includes practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety and improve sleep and mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another core approach she uses to help people clarify values and take committed steps toward a meaningful life, even when uncomfortable feelings remain.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for conversational work and practicing skills, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities while using methods like mindfulness and motivational interviewing in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Oregon
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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