About Carri
Carri Barish is a licensed marriage and family therapist who blends practical tools with a warm, client-centered style. She guides people through stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting strains, and life changes. Her work emphasizes helping people speak up for themselves and rebuild connections that matter.
Her approach starts with listening and building self-compassion. She uses clear, simple techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones.
Background and approach
She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming and motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change. Carri has seven years of experience working with concerns like addiction, anger, career stress, and family problems. She pays attention to attachment and codependency patterns that often show up in relationships.
She also supports caregivers and people facing aging or midlife transitions. Sessions focus on small, manageable behavior shifts. Clients and therapist set straightforward goals and check progress together.
Conversations aim to be direct but compassionate, with room for practical problem solving and occasional humor. Carri practices in California as an LMFT and also holds an LPC license in Oregon. She offers therapy in English and uses formats that fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and builds self-compassion, which can ease relationship and self-esteem concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thought patterns and teaches practical exercises to change thinking and behavior; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that help when feelings feel intense.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit those needs. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as needed, using a collaborative, down-to-earth process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and working through skills visually. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions, share quick updates, or work through short exercises without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California, Oregon
- Languages
- English