About Carly
Carly Gelb is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, addictions, and mood concerns. She works in Illinois and brings eight years of clinical experience to each session. Carly aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what feels most urgent and find steps that actually fit their lives.
She uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person in charge of their goals and pace.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical tools like worksheets, journaling, guided meditation, and creative art activities. These methods are used to build new coping habits and reduce overwhelming feelings. Carly draws on several evidence-informed styles such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness-based techniques.
She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, practice different responses, and align actions with personal values. The work is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable. Common areas she addresses include depression, panic, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping concerns, ADHD, and parenting stress.
Carly also supports people facing career change, compassion fatigue, and issues with guilt, shame, or attachment wounds. Sessions are available online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Carly supports people who prefer practical, down-to-earth strategies combined with creative tools to make progress one step at a time.
Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful when worry or avoidance keeps someone from living the life they want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety and depression, often using short exercises and practice between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and to build steadier responses to stress and cravings.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Carly will work together with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals and comfort level. The process is collaborative - goals and methods are adjusted based on what helps most in weekly check-ins.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for deeper conversations and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule and to use tools that suit each person’s pace and routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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