Carissa Alt-Frankard
Licensed counselor blending empathy and practical skills
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Carissa
Carissa Alt-Frankard is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who brings 11 years of clinical experience to work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical skills and emotional insight to help clients address parenting concerns, career pressures, grief, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and body image. Carissa often combines evidence-informed methods with an empathetic, client-centered stance to promote growth and clearer decision making.
Her practice emphasizes authentic connection and collaborative problem solving. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where communication problems, family conflicts, and forgiveness or guilt issues are explored alongside goals like improving self-love, resolving social anxiety, and navigating pregnancy and childbirth related concerns.
Sessions also support workplace stress, young adult challenges, and a variety of life purpose questions. Carissa aims to meet people where they are, offering steady guidance as they build coping strategies and move toward meaningful change.
Practical Approaches for Online Growth
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to improve coping with day-to-day stressors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the client's own goals and values guide the work, helping people strengthen self-understanding and self-acceptance. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-focused awareness and acceptance skills that can reduce rumination and support emotional regulation during transitions or heightened stress.
Determining the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to explore which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts strategies over time based on what proves most helpful. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved and empowered in shaping their care.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, offering flexibility around work, family, and geographic constraints. These formats support continuity of care and allow licensed professionals to deliver evidence-informed interventions and practical skill-building from wherever clients are located in Wisconsin.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Wisconsin
Languages
English