About Carla
Carla Jones is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, and life changes. She practices in Virginia and brings 26 years of experience to sessions. Carla speaks English and also accepts international clients.
She meets with people by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging depending on what fits best. Carla earned her Master of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University and has run her own practice since 2008.
Background and approach
Over the years she has focused on concerns such as ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, relationship stress, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes working with individual adults on these issues. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Carla also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set practical goals and build small steps toward them. Sessions are shaped to match each person’s needs and pace. Carla aims for straightforward, goal-oriented sessions where people learn skills they can use between meetings.
She pays attention to emotions, behavior, and role pressures like work or parenting. Her style is practical and supportive, focused on what will help most right now. People who value clear strategies and collaborative goal setting often find her approach helpful.
If someone wants coaching on coping skills, managing mood, or navigating a major life change, she works with them to build a plan and track progress.
How Carla Uses Structured Approaches Online
Carla uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT involves identifying thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and practicing new ways of responding to situations. It can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing everyday stress.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which focuses on setting clear goals and building on what already works. This approach helps people take small, practical steps toward change and measure progress along the way. It is useful for life transitions, career decisions, relationship troubles, and short-term coaching needs.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and immediate needs and suggest which methods to try first. If something isn’t working, she will adjust the plan together with you so the therapy stays practical and goal-driven.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets you work face-to-face when visual cues help. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text are good for shorter check-ins, notes between sessions, or when scheduling makes real-time meetings harder. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English