Carrie Sullivan

Carrie Sullivan is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with five years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. She also supports people wrestling with guilt, shame, loneliness, and questions about life purpose.

Carrie centers sessions on the client's perspective. She treats the person as the expert on their own life and looks for existing strengths to build on. Conversations focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than labels or long lectures.

Her sessions often mix supportive listening with structured tools. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping skills.

People who meet with her can expect straightforward conversation about what isn’t working and what might help next. She aims to break problems into manageable parts and practice small changes between sessions.

Carrie keeps language direct and approachable during appointments. She encourages questions and checks in about progress over time. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what the client says. It helps clarify priorities and draw out the person’s own strengths and solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping when stress spikes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that fit those goals. Over the first few sessions she adjusts the focus based on what the person finds useful and what feels doable in daily life.

The original biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and use shorter check-ins when a quick touchpoint helps. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and video sessions allow for face-to-face interaction when that is preferred. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework for use between sessions to support progress outside appointments.