About Carrie
Carrie Collier is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and addiction. She focuses on practical ways to manage strong feelings and get daily life working better. Her style is calm and collaborative and she treats each person as an expert in their own life.
Carrie uses short, clear tools people can try between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and on acceptance-based methods to reduce struggle with painful feelings.
Background and approach
She also brings attachment-informed ideas when relationships and intimacy are part of the problem. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Carrie helps clients choose small experiments to test new behaviors.
She supports skill-building for coping, emotion regulation, and clearer communication so progress is visible week to week. With eight years of experience as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she works from practical therapies rather than jargon. Carrie tailors the pace and tools to each person's needs and priorities.
She aims to make therapy useful and understandable from the first visit. People who come to Carrie often want relief from anxiety or depression, help after a painful relationship change, or support managing addictions and grief. Her approach suits those who want both empathy and concrete steps to change.
Therapy can include short-term problem work or a longer process of rebuilding confidence and relationships.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them and then choosing actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical steps to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and many day-to-day problems because it gives clear skills to test and practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carrie will collaborate with each person to decide whether ACT, CBT, attachment-based ideas, or a blend fits best based on goals and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets you work in real time much like an in-person visit. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days. Live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels more helpful. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while still getting consistent support.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English