About Carolyn
Carolyn Hollingshead is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She brings 22 years of practice to sessions and aims to make therapy practical and understandable for parents and stressed adults. She focuses on issues such as addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, and ADHD.
Carolyn also works with people coping with chronic pain, bereavement, and transitions in later life.
Background and approach
Carolyn uses straightforward, collaborative sessions that blend talk therapy with practical tools. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, client-centered listening, and relationship skills from the Gottman Method. Sessions often include goal setting, behavior changes, and noticing patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Her background includes long experience in nutrition and health, which informs a holistic view of physical and emotional well-being. Carolyn has a PhD in Nutrition and brings that perspective when medical issues or body image come up in therapy. She values curiosity and insight and helps clients make small changes that add up.
Sessions tend to be paced to the client's needs, with both short-term problem solving and deeper exploration available. Carolyn aims to help people find clearer direction and more manageable day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and changing behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens and reflects so people can find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Carolyn will work with each person to identify goals and try methods that feel like a good fit. If something isn’t working, adjustments are made together so the therapy stays useful and relevant to current needs.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different days and needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat can work for quick check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and appointments while keeping care consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Utah, South Carolina, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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