About Carla
Carla Wenger helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma, intimacy concerns, and parenting strains. She uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to guide changes. Carla is a licensed mental health counselor and a licensed professional counselor with seven years of clinical experience in Indiana.
She focuses on improving communication and rebuilding trust after wounds from the past. Sessions often center on learning coping tools for panic, managing overwhelming feelings, and improving day-to-day relationships.
Background and approach
Clients work on clearer boundaries, handling conflict, and reducing anxious thinking. Carla draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to shape each session. She listens for patterns rooted in family of origin, attachment wounds, or codependent habits, and then teaches small, doable skills to shift those patterns.
Work may include practicing conversations, grounding methods, or thought-challenging exercises. Her approach is warm and direct. Carla encourages realistic goals and concrete changes rather than long lists of abstract insights.
Parents and people in transition will find focused support for issues like blended family stress, fatherhood concerns, divorce and separation, and substance-related troubles. Practical matters like stress from work, feelings of emptiness, or fears about commitment are also addressed. Carla aims to help people move from feeling stuck to having clearer choices and better daily coping.
She offers sessions in English and works with clients through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Carla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that target symptoms and relationship patterns. One common approach focuses on teaching practical coping skills for anxiety and panic - breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce distress and build confidence. Another approach looks at attachment and family of origin patterns to understand why certain relationships trigger strong reactions and to develop new responses that improve trust and communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carla collaborates with each person to identify goals and tries methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for full sessions and role-play practice. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, mood tracking, or people who prefer not to use video. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Indiana, Michigan
- Languages
- English