Carien Myburgh, LPC

Carien Myburgh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who uses practical, goal-oriented methods to help people reduce stress and move past painful patterns. She emphasizes getting results efficiently while staying sensitive when difficult memories or emotions come up.

She believes quicker progress gives people more of their lives back. Sessions are paced to match how someone is coping, with the option to slow down when needed. The focus is on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so daily life becomes easier to manage.

Carien trained first in South Africa and later completed a Master’s degree in Counseling at Dallas Baptist University in 2012. She has practiced as an LPC for 13 years, working with concerns such as anxiety, depression, anger, and addictions. She also helps with relationship stress, parenting strain, and life transitions.

Her work often addresses family of origin issues, control struggles, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. She offers straightforward tools for managing social anxiety, coping with fertility challenges, and finding renewed purpose after loss or change.

Sessions are offered in English and Afrikaans. Because of licensing requirements she provides counseling only to people living in Texas. The first steps are simple: complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session that fits your life.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

Carien uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT offers clear strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical coping skills and short exercises to use between sessions.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which centers on identifying strengths and small steps that move a person toward their goals. This approach is useful when someone wants fast, concrete changes for problems like relationship stress, parenting strain, or feeling stuck.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts techniques as progress is made. Together they decide which methods fit best for the issue at hand and how quickly to move through steps.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat lets people check in between sessions or during tight schedules. These options give flexibility for different needs and routines while keeping the therapeutic focus consistent.