About Carol
Carol Kennerly, LCMHC, works with people facing stress and anxiety who want clearer ways to cope. She speaks plainly and meets clients where they are. She encourages small steps and practical tools to make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
She combines straightforward conversation with goal-focused techniques. Sessions look at what’s causing strain now and what helps in real life. Many clients come for help with low self-esteem, depression, trouble sleeping, or relationship stress.
Background and approach
Carol also supports people dealing with grief, addiction struggles, parenting challenges, and career transitions. Her approach values the client’s own knowledge about their life. She often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful patterns and build workable habits.
Carol also draws on client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep sessions grounded and practical. Carol has worked in the field for 11 years and holds the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential in North Carolina. That experience includes work with trauma and with younger people who have experienced difficult events.
She focuses on realistic steps clients can take between sessions. People who choose her can expect a friendly, down-to-earth style. Conversations are direct but warm.
The goal is to leave each meeting with at least one practical thing to try before the next session.
Approaches you can try through online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without letting those thoughts control choices. It focuses on values and small committed actions that move life forward despite anxiety or hard feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and build new habits for sleep, mood, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then use one or more methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they are useful from the start.
Online therapy with Carol is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and messaging let people write out thoughts between sessions or fit short check-ins into a busy day. These options make regular care easier to schedule and keep progress steady.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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