About Carol
Dr. Carol Schmidt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California who helps people coping with stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing grief, depression, life changes, relationship strain, and parenting concerns.
Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making therapy feel understandable and practical from the first session. She brings ten years of practice to each meeting and focuses on clear, manageable steps. Sessions typically include talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful thought patterns, and trying small experiments between appointments.
Background and approach
She prefers plain language and concrete strategies that fit into a busy life. Dr. Schmidt uses elements of Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect what matters most to the person in front of her.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going. Psychodynamic ideas are used when looking at how past experiences shape present reactions. Her work often centers on practical coping skills for panic, social anxiety, obsessive thoughts, and mood swings.
She supports people dealing with family conflict, blended family issues, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce. Career stress, low self-esteem, and feelings of isolation are also common topics in her practice. Throughout therapy she aims to be collaborative, helping people choose approaches that fit their goals.
Sessions are intended to be a mix of understanding and action so progress feels real and useful.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters most to the person seeking help. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's pace and priorities while offering room to talk through immediate worries and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. In remote sessions this often means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new behaviors between meetings, and reviewing progress together during video or phone calls.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and help choose methods that fit those needs. That discussion is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work well with lower bandwidth, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to try strategies when they matter most.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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