About Carla
Carla Harrison is a licensed mental health professional practicing in Maryland. She holds MD and LCPC credentials and brings six years of clinical experience to her work. Carla focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
She pays attention to everyday struggles like low self-esteem, trouble finding motivation, and the strain of major life changes. Carla looks for practical ways to build confidence and self-love.
Background and approach
She also helps people sort through communication problems and the weight of guilt and shame. Carla believes people know their own story best. She works together with clients to identify strengths they can use to face current challenges.
Sessions are aimed at small, manageable steps that lead toward clearer goals and better functioning. Therapy with Carla is collaborative and straightforward. She offers calm, direct support while helping clients try new coping strategies.
The focus is on real-life changes you can use between sessions. If someone is nervous about starting, Carla recognizes that taking the first step takes courage. She guides people through what to expect and helps them make a plan that fits their needs and schedule.
Approaches and online care that meet you where you are
Carla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, understandable ways. One approach focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns so people can reduce worry and feel more in control. This kind of work often helps with anxiety and depression by teaching concrete thinking and problem-solving skills.Another approach centers on building coping skills after difficult experiences such as trauma or abuse. It emphasizes safety, grounding exercises, and step-by-step practice to manage reactions and rebuild confidence. This work aims to make everyday life feel more manageable and to restore a sense of agency.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Carla will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they adapt methods over time so the plan fits the person’s needs.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging make short check-ins or written reflections easier, and all formats offer scheduling flexibility for busy days and work breaks.
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Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English