Carole Whitty, LMFT

Carole Whitty is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical, skill-based therapy. She uses clear, evidence-informed methods to help people tackle stress, anxiety, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Carole writes in a direct, encouraging way and invites clients to take the first step toward change.

Carole has six years of clinical experience working with adults on everyday problems and larger life transitions. She aims to help people build coping skills for workplace pressure, relationship friction, and shifts like pregnancy and childbirth. Sessions often center on small, doable changes that make daily life easier.

Her sessions emphasize collaboration. Carole listens for strengths and patterns, then helps clients test new ways of thinking and behaving. She draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative actions.

She also uses client-centered techniques to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals and values. For people who struggle with strong emotions or impulsivity, she brings in dialectical behavior strategies to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Practical concerns such as caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt, and workplace issues are common topics. Carole connects tools to specific situations so clients can try them between sessions. Her style is straightforward, warm, and focused on measurable progress.

Therapeutic approaches for online sessions

Carole commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and tailoring goals to what matters most to the person.

She also brings dialectical behavior therapy tools when emotion regulation or impulsivity are present. DBT strategies teach concrete skills for managing intense feelings, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Together these approaches give practical tools and personal support in a collaborative plan to meet each client’s goals.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat work well for short check-ins or tailoring support between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives while focusing on the same skill-building work used in person.