About Justin
Justin Carson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. He offers straightforward, practical support for plumbing difficult feelings like depression, grief, anger, and guilt. Justin writes in plain terms and focuses on helping clients find tools they can use in day-to-day life.
He draws on several evidence-informed approaches to shape sessions. That includes client-centered work that starts from where each person is, and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
He also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Justin has seven years of counseling experience and has worked with people dealing with trauma, family-of-origin concerns, parenting stress, career questions, and addiction. He pays attention to issues that often come up together, like control problems, codependency, and struggles around fatherhood or early adult transitions.
His style aims to be practical and goal-focused while still making room for hard feelings. Sessions may include talking through situations, practicing coping skills, setting small goals, and staying accountable between meetings. He uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change when needed.
The work is collaborative - clients and Justin decide what to try and how to measure progress. People looking for help around intimacy, first responder stress, bipolar mood concerns, or life-purpose questions can expect direct conversations and tangible strategies. Justin’s approach centers on building resilience and helping people recover a sense of control over their lives.
How Justin’s Methods Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building a plan from there. Online sessions let this happen through conversation and shared goal-setting, so the therapist can adapt to what matters most to the client.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In remote sessions this looks like reviewing daily patterns, assigning small experiments between meetings, and using video or messaging to check progress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation and interpersonal skills through brief skills coaching and step-by-step practice that translates well to chat or phone formats.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust techniques as they go. That shared planning helps make sure sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls are useful for interactive work and skill practice, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can fit short check-ins during a busy day, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and quick coping prompts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into life and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English