Carrie Canine

Carrie Canine is a California LMFT with seven years of clinical experience helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure what comes next. She concentrates on mood disorders, depression, anxiety, grief, and life purpose concerns while also supporting work on relationships, stress, and career questions.

Carrie focuses on identifying the thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She uses straightforward conversation to highlight self-sabotage and low self-esteem. Then she helps people update how they see themselves and reconnect with what matters to them. That practical attention to life purpose is a recurring thread in her work.

Sessions often include concrete tools for managing mood and stress. Carrie uses elements from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills such as thought tracking, emotion regulation, and problem-focused coping. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and communication.

Technology can be part of the work when it fits a client’s needs. Carrie has used mobile apps to support mood tracking, sleep and activity logs, and stress-management exercises alongside talk work. These tools are presented as optional aids rather than replacements for sessions.

The overall approach is collaborative and practical. People who come looking for clearer direction, help with midlife changes, or relief from mood struggles will find focused skills, regular check-ins, and guidance toward reclaiming energy for things that matter.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connection patterns and communication. In online sessions this means talking through relationship history, noticing patterns, and practicing new ways of interacting that reduce distance or reactivity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about noticing thoughts and testing them against evidence. Online CBT sessions commonly include thought records, behavioral experiments, and short homework tasks to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. In remote work those skills are taught in short practice segments, then applied to real-life situations between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match goals, symptom patterns, and daily routines. That choice can shift over time as needs change.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let clients use tools like mood tracking or app-based exercises alongside sessions. These practical benefits help integrate therapy into day-to-day life without promising a particular outcome.