Carolyn Westgate, LCPC

Carolyn Westgate is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 22 years of experience. She offers steady, practical support for people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, ADHD, and other life challenges. Carolyn focuses on helping individuals take manageable steps toward clearer thinking and calmer days.

Carolyn draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered methods, solution-focused work, and trauma-focused approaches. She matches techniques to what each person needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with room for emotion and real-life problem solving.

Her background includes many years in private practice and leadership in a professionals’ health program. That experience shaped her work with people facing stress from caregiving, blended family situations, adoption and foster care concerns, substance use, first responder or veteran issues, and relationship problems. She brings practical tools and attention to everyday obstacles.

Carolyn treats the therapeutic relationship as a partnership. She listens with respect and helps people set clear, achievable goals. If she thinks another therapist would be a better fit, she will help make a referral.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows the platform process to match people to a clinician.

How Carolyn’s Approaches Work Online

Carolyn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, panic, or depression. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful feelings, clarify values, and take committed steps toward what matters to them.

She views finding the right approach as a collaborative process. Carolyn will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges and then try methods that fit those priorities. Together the person and therapist check what is helping and adjust the plan as needed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins and written reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when in-person meetings are difficult.