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Carrie Cohen

Practical, collaborative care for life’s challenges

LCSW Florida

Experience
21 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Depression
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Carrie

Carrie Cohen is an LCSW who centers her practice on practical, evidence-informed strategies that help people manage stress, mood concerns, and relationship challenges.

Background and approach

With 21 years in the field, she blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered and mindfulness-informed methods to build plans that fit each person's life and goals. Her background includes work across nonprofit settings supporting children, adults, and families through trauma, grief, parenting struggles, mood disorders, and major life transitions.

Having supervised therapists and program leaders, she brings experience in clinical oversight and quality improvement to ensure interventions remain useful and goal-directed. Carrie emphasizes a collaborative, solution-oriented approach that balances warmth with clear, objective thinking.

She draws on DBT skills, motivational interviewing, and narrative perspectives when they align with a client's needs, and she adapts methods based on ongoing progress and feedback. Practitioners and clients know her for a down-to-earth style and a ready sense of humor, paired with thoughtful, timely interventions.

Carrie works with concerns including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, parenting and family dynamics, adoption and foster care issues, and challenges such as isolation, impulsivity, and self-esteem.

Practical approaches for online therapy and skill building

Client-centered therapy emphasizes understanding each person's perspective and creating a respectful, empathetic space to explore goals; it helps people feel heard and guides collaborative planning. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood symptoms, and address stressors through concrete skill-building. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) contributes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when intense emotions or relationship patterns interfere with functioning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist partners with clients to assess goals, preferences, and responses to different strategies, adjusting methods over time so work remains focused and relevant to each person's needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity during life transitions. These formats support regular skill practice and brief check-ins in addition to longer sessions, offering flexibility and accessibility while working toward measurable goals.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and solution focused, integrating client-centered warmth with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness alongside DBT and motivational interviewing when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of experience working in clinical roles, primarily within nonprofit settings, and has supervised therapists and program directors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with the credential FL LCSW SW12349 and practices in Florida.
Which languages are available and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careFirst responder issuesImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

21+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English