About Carolyn
Carolyn Johnson Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She brings five years of counseling experience and a calm, direct manner to sessions. Carolyn focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
She also addresses trauma, grief, addiction, and issues tied to identity and intimacy. Carolyn trained in counseling at LeTourneau University after earning a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with a wide range of life challenges, from panic and sleeping problems to career stress and parenting strain. She draws on several therapeutic frameworks to fit each person’s needs. Her style is collaborative and practical.
She helps people set clear goals, learn skills, and make small changes that add up. Sessions often include skill-building, new ways to handle emotions, and conversations about patterns that get in the way of day-to-day life. Carolyn often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy.
She also brings an existential perspective to questions of meaning and values. These approaches are used to address anxiety, coping with life changes, attachment concerns, and codependency issues. People who prefer a straightforward, supportive therapist may find her approach helpful.
She invites questions about what therapy will look like and discusses options so each person can decide if the fit feels right. Carolyn does not work with international clients and conducts sessions in English only.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take actions that matter to them, even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleeping problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that help when emotions feel overwhelming or when patterns of self-destructive behavior are present.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carolyn will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily challenges and will help decide which method or combination feels most useful. She treats therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts techniques to fit the individual rather than using one fixed plan.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls suit deeper conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for shorter check-ins, and text messaging helps with ongoing support between sessions. These options let people fit therapy around work, family, and caregiving demands while still working with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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