About Carrie
Carrie Cohen is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She brings 21 years of experience and a straightforward, warm style to sessions. Parents and individuals often meet her when life feels overwhelming and they need practical ways forward.
Cohen uses approaches that focus on the person in front of her. She leans on client-centered work to listen and build trust. She also draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach clear skills for managing mood and behavior.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work in the nonprofit sector. That time involved supporting children, adults, and families through varied challenges and supervising other therapists and program directors. Those roles shaped her emphasis on measurable progress and sensible care.
In sessions she aims to be warm and personable while staying goal-oriented. She will help people identify small, practical steps they can try between meetings. Humor and plain talk are part of her approach when appropriate.
Cohen values checking whether an approach is working and will adjust plans as needed. She has experience with stress, anxiety, parenting, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders including bipolar, and issues like compassion fatigue. Her focus also includes adoption and foster care concerns and first responder issues.
How Carrie’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person’s needs. It helps people feel heard and guides the work toward goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds hands-on skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance and reducing impulsive reactions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Carrie will discuss options and try methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. If something isn’t working she adjusts the plan and focuses on steps that produce real progress for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone calls can be a good low-bandwidth option when video isn’t practical. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, homework review, or ongoing accountability between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family, or other demands while using proven therapeutic techniques.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English