About Carol
Carol Dickey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She combines mental health work and nursing insights to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. She supports people who are coping with addiction, sleep problems, anger, or career concerns and those dealing with obsessive thoughts or panic.
Carol speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. She uses therapy methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and psychodynamic ideas when appropriate.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build skills for managing symptoms and to clarify values and goals. Much of her background includes work in behavioral health, chemical dependency, domestic violence, and caregiving settings. That experience informs how she helps people navigate chronic illness, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the emotional effects of aging.
She often supports women in identifying barriers to self-worth, setting goals, and practicing self-compassion. Carol may also draw on Christian principles when a client wants that influence included in counseling. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their life while offering tools, perspective, and encouragement.
The emphasis is on practical coping, finding purpose, and taking steps toward greater calm and empowerment.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when anxiety or pain is present. It focuses on building willingness to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress and sleep issues.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carol will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as you progress. She aims to match skills and strategies to what you want to change, and she checks in regularly to see what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a conversation that feels close to an in-person session. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or you prefer not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or homework support easy between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and make follow-up more convenient.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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