About Carolyn
Rev. Carolyn Simon is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who uses a warm, person-centered style to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and life changes. She draws on 14 years of experience to offer calm, practical support.
Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to each person. She believes people have untapped strengths and helps them notice and use those strengths. Her approach combines Client-Centered care with Cognitive Behavioral techniques and emotion-focused work to address patterns of thinking and feeling that get in the way.
Background and approach
She also uses EMDR and hypnotherapy when appropriate to address trauma or intense emotional reactions. In a typical session she listens first, then helps set specific, achievable goals. She teaches skills for coping with panic, managing ADHD-related challenges, improving sleep, or reducing workplace stress.
The aim is to build tools people can use between sessions. Carolyn keeps the tone compassionate and nonjudgmental. She frames therapy as a team effort and focuses on practical steps toward greater confidence, better relationships, and clearer direction.
She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, aging concerns, divorce, guilt, or questions around intimacy and sexual issues. She offers appointments in English and can communicate in Estonian when helpful. Her practice includes a mix of talk-based coaching and therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s needs.
Choosing to start therapy is framed as a courageous step she will help guide.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's unique experience. It helps people feel heard and builds self-directed goals and confidence through empathic conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage panic, or change unhelpful routines. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift strong emotional responses, which can improve how they relate to themselves and others.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening and exploration, skill-building with CBT, or emotion-focused work, and they can adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone calls can fit a tight schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when someone prefers writing. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- Estonian