Carri McClellan, LPC, LPC-MHSP

Carri McClellan is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, relationship strain, grief, and parenting challenges. She brings 16 years of experience and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Carri works with each person to set clear goals and build skills that fit their life.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, DBT skills, EMDR for trauma work, and mindfulness practices when helpful. Sessions tend to mix talking, skill practice, and simple exercises to manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Carri places emphasis on safety, respect, and collaboration so clients feel heard while making changes.

Carri trained in counseling psychology, earning a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology after a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She holds the LPC credential and the LPC-MHSP designation. Most of her clinical background is in substance use treatment and trauma work.

She adapts her work to a person’s goals, whether that means harm reduction or an abstinence approach when addressing substance use. Carri also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, disordered eating, and other related issues.

Sessions are available to people located in Tennessee and are conducted in English. Carri favors straightforward language and practical tools so clients can try strategies between sessions and track progress over time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Carri uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT often includes homework and practical experiments to try between sessions. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people clarify their own goals and values in a nonjudgmental way. When trauma is present, she may use elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that reduce impulsive reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carri treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss different methods with each person. Together they decide which techniques match the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for skill practice and deeper conversations, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, chat or text are handy for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options help fit therapy around work, family, and daily life while keeping consistent contact with a licensed professional.