About Carla
Carla Wiltshire is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with three years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, process trauma and abuse, and work through grief and loss. Carla centers the work on each person's strengths and life story.
She speaks English and connects with people with a respectful, direct style. Carla frames therapy as a collaborative effort. She believes clients know their story best, and she helps them notice the skills they already have.
Background and approach
Sessions are aimed at practical steps that reduce overwhelm and build clearer choices. She prioritizes straightforward conversation and steady support. Her approach is goal-oriented while staying flexible to individual needs.
People can expect focused sessions that address immediate problems and long-term patterns. Topics often addressed include relationships, mood concerns, attention and impulse difficulties, and substance use challenges. Carla works with common life challenges like anger, family tension, body image, and communication problems.
She also supports people facing more complex patterns such as dissociation, codependency, or blended family stress. The work can include coping strategies, planning for safety, and rebuilding routines. Therapy is offered through online formats that fit busy schedules.
The first step is a brief matching questionnaire and then scheduling a time to start sessions.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Carla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and symptom reduction. One common approach she draws on teaches coping skills for anxiety and stress management, helping people learn breath work, grounding exercises, and step-by-step plans to reduce panic and worry. This approach is useful for everyday anxiety, work stress, and sleep disruption.Another frequent focus is relapse prevention and behavioral planning for addictions and substance use. This involves identifying triggers, building alternative routines, and practicing responses to cravings. It helps people create clearer choices and safer patterns over time.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Carla works with each person to decide which techniques match their goals, preferences, and current needs. She takes a collaborative stance and adjusts plans as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit short breaks or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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