About Ciarra
Ciarra Waters-Mullen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana who brings seven years of clinical work to her practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges with attention and focus. Her approach aims to make the first step toward change feel doable rather than overwhelming.
She keeps sessions straightforward and conversational. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings and everyday struggles.
Background and approach
The tone is practical - identifying small changes that can help with mood, energy, and motivation. Ciarra draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's pace and priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice thought patterns that affect mood and behavior.
Solution-focused strategies are used when people want brief, goal-oriented plans to make concrete changes. Her background includes work supporting people with mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, seasonal mood shifts, and issues related to addiction and anger. She also helps clients facing life changes, grappling with guilt or shame, or seeking clearer life purpose.
Sport counseling and athlete life coaching are additional areas she has experience in. Sessions are offered in English and available through a range of online formats. Ciarra emphasizes collaboration - setting goals with each person and checking progress along the way.
She aims to help clients build practical skills they can use between sessions.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. In online sessions this means the therapist creates space for people to describe their situation and priorities while the therapist reflects and asks questions to clarify what matters most. It can help when someone needs emotional support and a steady, empathic listener.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts connect to feelings and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include practical exercises and simple homework to practice new ways of thinking and acting between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and attention difficulties.
Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes clear, short-term goals and small steps that lead to change. This approach works well in online formats when someone wants focused sessions that move quickly toward specific improvements.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then try strategies that fit the person's needs. Progress is reviewed regularly and plans are adjusted together.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit support into busy days and to follow up between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English