About Caroline
Dr. Caroline Bertolet is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings six years of clinical experience to her work. She combines counseling and life coaching to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and career or identity questions.
Caroline writes in plain terms and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She pays attention to what is happening in the present moment and helps clients notice patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on small, achievable changes. Caroline uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify what is working and build on those strengths. Clients often come for help with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, grief, or questions after a major life change.
She also supports people navigating ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career transitions. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, blended family dynamics, and care for caregivers. Her style centers on respect for each person’s experience and background.
She listens for practical next steps and partners with people to set clear goals. Sessions aim to increase awareness, reduce unhelpful habits, and create routines that fit everyday life. Caroline works with clients in Virginia and accepts international clients who speak English.
She blends counseling and coaching so people leave sessions with ideas they can try between meetings.
Solution-Focused work adapted for online care
Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on practical steps and small changes that lead toward clients' goals. The therapist helps clients identify exceptions to problems, set clear targets, and try simple experiments between sessions. This approach works well for issues like stress, career planning, coping with life changes, and managing day-to-day symptoms.Caroline also brings a present-focused, person-centered attitude to online work. That means she listens for what matters now and helps shape short-term goals together. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process; she will review progress and adjust methods based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video visits are good for deeper conversations and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit around daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English