About Carol
Carol Dickey helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, substance concerns, and life changes. She is Carol Dickey, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of professional work experience. Her practice supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, relationship and family tensions, and issues like bipolar mood swings and trauma.
Carol uses clear, practical methods in sessions. She listens first to understand each person's story and goals.
Background and approach
Then she offers strategies rooted in cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance work, and mindfulness to reduce symptoms and build daily coping skills. Her background includes long experience in behavioral health and caregiving settings. That history shapes how she looks at physical illness, chronic pain, and the stresses that come with aging and caregiving.
She also brings familiarity with addiction, domestic violence, and hospice-related concerns. Many people see Carol for help with self-esteem, motivation, guilt, shame, and life purpose. She often supports women who want new tools and concrete goal setting to rebuild confidence and direction.
Christian principles may be used in sessions when that fits a person’s values. Carol favors a respectful, client-centered style. She treats people as the experts on their lives and works collaboratively to remove barriers and find steps forward.
The focus is on practical change that helps people feel more empowered and peaceful.
Approaches to change and how online therapy fits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take steps toward a meaningful life. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on linking thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and offers practical exercises to reduce symptoms and build helpful habits. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy, giving people space to tell their story while the therapist supports them in finding their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then blend methods that make sense for the situation. That collaborative process helps pick techniques that feel usable and respectful of personal values.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, live chat and text work well for short check-ins or when writing out thoughts helps. These formats let people fit sessions into busy schedules, handle caregiving demands, or connect from different parts of Texas.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English