About Carrie
Carrie Kinder is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She explains things plainly and works to make therapy a steady, understandable part of day-to-day life. Carrie aims to make sessions feel practical.
She helps people learn skills to manage strong emotions, reduce isolation, and handle cravings or addictive patterns. She also helps those coping with trauma or difficult life transitions find steadier footing.
Background and approach
Her approach blends skill-building with moment-to-moment awareness. She uses techniques that teach emotional regulation, problem solving, and clearer communication. Sessions often focus on small, doable steps that add up over time.
Carrie also pays attention to specific life contexts. She supports people dealing with caregiver stress, blended family concerns, fertility struggles, and work-related pressure. She works with issues tied to autism and Asperger syndrome, hoarding, impulsivity, and feelings of emptiness or guilt.
Clients can expect a trauma-informed stance that balances practical tools with empathic listening. Carrie emphasizes collaboration - clients set goals and she helps map the path forward. She practices in Indiana and conducts sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on teaching concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive behaviors; it can help people who struggle with intense anxiety, mood swings, or addictive urges. Mindfulness Therapy centers on learning to notice thoughts and feelings without judgment, which supports stress reduction and improved attention to the present moment. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people find their own reasons for change and build momentum toward goals like reducing substance use or making lifestyle shifts.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and the kinds of problems a person wants to address, and then suggest one or more methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made, and sessions are collaborative rather than prescribed without input.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to use these approaches. Video calls allow real-time teaching of skills and guided mindfulness practice. Phone sessions can be a simpler way to check in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief coaching, skill reminders, or check-ins possible between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to keep up steady progress.
Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
What is the therapy style like?
How much clinical experience is offered?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are costs and payments handled?
How do I begin the process?
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.