About Carlithea
Carlithea Farrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or family strain. She focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Her tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at parents and adults who want clear support now.
She draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor care to each person. Sessions often include skill-building for managing strong emotions, clearer communication strategies, and goal-focused planning for next steps.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how life events like adoption, blending families, caregiving stress, or workplace problems affect mental health. Farrington has worked in schools, government agencies, hospital settings, and independent practice over the course of her career. That background supports an ability to help people with complex stressors such as intimate-partner violence, sexual assault and abuse, housing instability, and suicidal thoughts.
She combines practical problem solving with steady emotional support. Her work includes assisting people with parenting challenges, adoption and foster care issues, and blended family dynamics. She also addresses addictions, bipolar and mood disorders, and concerns around intimacy, self-esteem, and life purpose.
Farrington aims to meet people where they are and plan steps that fit daily life. Therapy with Farrington often emphasizes clear communication, building coping strategies, and restoring routine. She offers phone, video, chat, and text-based sessions to fit different schedules.
Farrington holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and practices from North Carolina.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match their values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and situations where motivation or life direction feels unclear.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. It often includes practical exercises for managing anxiety, mood problems, and stress that people can practice between sessions.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to decide which methods fit best. That decision is made together and can change as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text can suit quick check-ins or shorter, frequent support between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep consistent progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, New Jersey, Connecticut
- Languages
- English