About Carrie
Carrie Main holds a Master of Professional Studies from the University of Minnesota and has worked in addiction and mental health for four years. She uses her LPCC and LPC credentials to guide counseling with a focus on respect and dignity. Carrie maintains a straightforward, down-to-earth style that many find easy to follow during stressful times.
Carrie believes people are fundamentally good and shaped by their life experiences. She takes time to hear each person’s story and meets them where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and individual, not one-size-fits-all. Her background includes helping people facing anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, and trauma. She also addresses relationship concerns, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and issues linked to career and life transitions.
Additional focuses include blended family matters, codependency, and smoking or vaping cessation. Carrie often works with people coping with bipolar symptoms, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and young adult challenges. Her approach centers on clear goals and small, manageable steps toward change.
She combines understanding with straightforward suggestions to help people build healthier habits. Therapy can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location and therapist availability.
To begin, users select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many clients benefit from clear, evidence-based techniques that focus on present concerns and skill-building. One common approach emphasizes practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and stress. It teaches breathing, grounding, and simple behavior changes to help manage symptoms day to day.Another helpful method concentrates on addiction and relapse prevention strategies. This involves identifying triggers, building routines that support recovery, and planning concrete steps for staying on track. It also addresses related issues like cravings and codependency in straightforward ways.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people speak face to face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick reflections, coping reminders, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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