Barbara Carroll, LCSW

Barbara Carroll is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with ten years of professional experience. She helps people facing stress and anxiety, as well as trauma, grief, anger, and depression. Barbara works from the idea that each person knows their own story and already has strengths to build on. She aims to help people notice those strengths and find practical steps forward.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple tools people can use between meetings. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help manage overwhelming thoughts and strong emotions. Mindfulness and motivational techniques are used to steady attention and help people act on what matters most to them.

Barbara also brings trauma-focused methods, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, to address disturbing memories that keep showing up. She works with issues connected to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and family of origin concerns. Other areas she supports include body image, dissociation, and coping after disasters.

People can expect practical conversation, skills practice, and problem-solving in sessions. The emphasis is on gradual progress and building usable coping strategies. Barbara encourages people to take steady steps and recognizes that change often happens one small decision at a time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions using CBT focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different ways of responding to stress and anxiety. DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete emotion regulation and interpersonal skills that can help when feelings become overwhelming or when relationships feel unstable. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, addresses distressing memories by pairing focused recall with guided attention techniques to reduce the intensity of those memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That may mean trying skills-based work first, then adding trauma-focused techniques if needed. The plan evolves with client feedback and progress.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and more options for scheduling. Since specific session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm the available options before booking. Many people find that remote sessions make it simpler to keep consistent appointments and practice new skills between meetings.