About Carrie
Carrie Gottschalk is a licensed independent mental health practitioner (LIMHP) in Nebraska who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to sessions and focuses on building a helpful working relationship with each person. She uses clear, goal-focused work to help people find small, manageable steps forward.
Sessions are collaborative and tailored to the person's needs. Carrie emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in how she listens and responds.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and how they affect feelings. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and DBT skills for emotion regulation and coping during crisis moments. EMDR is part of her toolkit for people processing traumatic memories, and client-centered methods guide how she follows each person's pace and priorities.
Over ten years of experience inform her judgment and how she adapts methods to fit real-life demands. Sessions typically focus on practical problem solving, building on strengths, and improving daily coping. She also addresses concerns around parenting, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, post-traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue when relevant to a person's situation.
Carrie presents therapy as a partnership. She works to create an environment where people feel heard and can try new strategies for change.
How Carrie’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current feelings and behavior. Online sessions use conversations to identify these patterns and try small changes in how someone relates to others to reduce anxiety and improve connection.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and switch to more useful ways of thinking and acting. In video or chat sessions Carrie guides people through practical exercises and plans to test new behaviors between meetings.
Finding the best way to work together is a collaborative process. Carrie discusses goals and preferences early on and adapts approaches based on what a person needs. She makes adjustments over time so sessions stay relevant and doable for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep progress moving forward.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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