About Carolyn
Carolyn Johnson Fields is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Texas. She draws on five years of counseling experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, addiction, and other life challenges. Carolyn emphasizes practical, steady progress and a respectful, down-to-earth approach.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master of Arts in Counseling from LeTourneau University. Her academic background supports a thoughtful clinical style that blends structured tools with attention to personal meaning.
Background and approach
In sessions Carolyn uses clear, skills-based methods when helpful, and also looks at deeper questions about values and purpose. She often integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and existential ideas to address thoughts, behaviors, and life direction. She also draws on approaches that focus on emotions and building effective coping skills.
People come to Carolyn for many concerns including trauma and abuse, family and relationship issues, parenting strain, intimacy-related problems, sleep difficulties, anger, and career transitions. She also supports those dealing with addiction, bipolar symptoms, caregiver stress, codependency, and attachment difficulties. Her style is collaborative and adaptive.
Carolyn aims to tailor sessions to each person's needs and pace. She talks through goals, teaches practical skills, and helps people make choices that match their values. If someone wants a frank, compassionate counselor who balances technique with personal meaning, Carolyn offers that mix.
How therapy approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with depression, anxiety, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral changes and exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress when life gets overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. This means trying different techniques, checking progress, and adjusting the plan together so it feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people send quick updates, work through brief skills, or fit support into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English