Carlithea Farrington, LCSW

Carlithea Farrington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of professional experience. She aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or trauma. She is direct and warm, and she focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier.

Carlithea draws from cognitive behavioral approaches and other methods to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She listens for what matters most to the client and helps set clear, manageable goals. Sessions emphasize skills that can be used between meetings to reduce symptoms and improve relationships.

Her background includes work across schools, government agencies, psychiatric settings, and private practice. That range gives her experience with caregiving stress, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, and workplace challenges. She also has experience supporting people facing domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of trauma.

Carlithea uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centered techniques, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy where appropriate. She helps people who want better communication, stronger boundaries, improved self-esteem, and more stable mood regulation. The work can address grief, addiction-related concerns, intimacy issues, and life transitions.

Her practice in North Carolina focuses on clear, step-by-step work that families and individuals can follow. She encourages collaboration so clients help choose the methods that fit their values and daily life. If someone wants straightforward support and practical tools, she offers an approachable, experienced option.

Approaches that guide online sessions

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. It is practical and often includes homework to practice new skills between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. This approach can support those dealing with stress, grief, or life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current trust and communication. It can help people improve intimacy, set healthier boundaries, and repair relationship strains.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day routines to decide which methods to use. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so methods fit the person's life and needs.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can support quick updates, symptom tracking, and follow-up between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.