About Carol
Dr. Carol Carrell helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship strain. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with three decades of clinical experience.
Dr. Carrell works with issues that include addiction, caregiver fatigue, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Many people come for help with life changes, parenting strain, or trouble managing anger and self-esteem.
Her approach is practical and person-focused.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to identify what feels most urgent and what small steps can make a difference. She uses straightforward talk, skill-building, and reflective listening to help people clarify goals and try new ways of coping. The work balances problem solving with attention to emotional experience.
Dr. Carrell draws on multiple therapeutic styles to match individual needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address troubling thoughts and habits.
She also offers client-centered methods that emphasize empathy and collaboration. When emotions run high, strategies from dialectical behavior therapy can help manage intense feelings. Over 30 years she has worked in clinical and teaching roles across California and Arizona.
Her experience includes supporting people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and addiction recovery. That background informs how she helps clients set realistic goals and build supports. People meeting with Dr.
Carrell can expect a steady, practical style. She focuses on clear communication, building strengths, and helping clients move toward concrete changes. Therapy is framed as a collaborative process tailored to each person’s needs and life context.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and collaboration so clients feel heard and can identify their own next steps. This approach helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving stress tolerance, which can be useful for anger, overwhelming anxiety, and coping with caregiver strain.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques together, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to a person’s needs and preferences rather than following one rigid model.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or a way to follow up between sessions. These options add flexibility for scheduling and make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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