Dr. Carrie Willey, LPCC, LPC

Dr. Carrie Willey is a licensed counselor with over three decades of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and brings a long history of work in addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and mood concerns. Her credentials include LPCC and LPC and she draws on many methods to help people move forward.

She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. That can include short assignments between meetings to build new habits. She pays attention to what already works for a person and helps reduce patterns that cause pain or get in the way of goals.

Her background includes work at residential treatment centers and services for culturally diverse populations. That history shapes a focus on addictions, eating and food-related problems, grief, and trauma among other concerns. Aging and geriatric issues are also listed among her areas of focus.

Therapy with her often blends cognitive-behavioral ideas with emotion regulation skills and body-centered techniques. She has experience using somatic approaches to help people notice how the body signals stress and safety. Sessions aim to be active and collaborative rather than purely talk-based.

Outside the office she cycles regularly and describes her worldview as spiritual rather than religious. She invites clients who want practical steps and honest conversation to explore their next move toward change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Many clients in her practice use cognitive-behavioral methods to learn new ways of thinking and acting. CBT breaks challenges into small steps and teaches practical tools for anxiety, depression, and behavior change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication skills for intense feelings and relationship strain.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life demands, and then recommend a mix of techniques. Clients and the therapist review progress and adjust methods together as needed.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports using written assignments, in-session skill practice, and somatic noticing exercises between meetings to keep momentum in daily life.