About Caren
Dr. Caren Longsworth helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship strains. She also supports those dealing with parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, addictions, and career or self-esteem concerns.
Caren works from the belief that each person knows their story best and already has strengths to build on. She greets each step toward change as a courageous choice and offers steady support along the way. With 25 years of clinical work, Caren brings practical guidance rather than jargon.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps clients set goals that feel doable. Sessions focus on clear tools and small changes that add up over time. The tone is collaborative and grounded in everyday problems and solutions.
Caren uses approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. She applies these methods to help with issues like addiction, attachment concerns, body image, and family-of-origin difficulties. Her work also covers aging and caregiver stress, blended family concerns, and coping with sudden life changes.
She is licensed as a clinical social worker in Florida - LCSW - and has long experience across many settings. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. People who choose to begin work start by completing a short matching form and then scheduling sessions based on availability.
Caren aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She encourages practical steps, honest conversation, and steady progress toward clearer goals.
Approaches to change and how online sessions work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s priorities, offering empathy and reflection so people can find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. It provides practical strategies for shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and building healthier habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with each person. Caren will talk through goals, try methods that suit the concern, and adjust based on what feels useful. The process is collaborative and emphasizes small steps that match the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied circumstances. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging give short, frequent contact and can be used for coaching-style support or brief check-ins between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily routines while keeping the focus on practical progress and real-life problem solving.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English