Carole Boes , LCSW

Carole Boes is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience helping people navigate difficult transitions and emotional challenges. As an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - she brings deep clinical training and long standing practice to work with LGBTQ+ individuals, adults across the lifespan, and those facing major life changes.

Her work has emphasized trauma, relationship dynamics, grief, and mood disorders, with a particular focus on survivors of sexual assault, workplace stress, and family shifts such as divorce, caregiving responsibilities, and blended family issues. She supports those coping with post-traumatic stress, seasonal mood changes, postpartum concerns, and other mood-related conditions.

Carole helps clients build resilient coping strategies, process painful experiences, and reconnect with their strengths. Her approach combines empathetic listening with practical interventions to address anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting and family conflicts, and self-esteem struggles. She also brings experience addressing first responder issues, codependency, and workplace difficulties.

Clients seeking guidance for relationship concerns, grief, stress management, or life-stage transitions will find a practitioner who aims to honor each person’s story and tailor care to individual needs and goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Carole draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and trauma-focused therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and working from the client’s own goals, helping individuals feel understood and supported as they explore personal challenges. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers practical tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop new coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and mood-related concerns. Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on processing traumatic experiences and building skills to manage post-traumatic stress and related symptoms safely and gradually.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carole works with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts interventions over time as progress is made.

Online therapy with Carole includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and comfort levels. These options allow for consistent care across distance, more flexible appointment times, and easier access for those balancing work, family, or caregiving responsibilities, while still working with licensed professionals trained to address trauma, relationships, grief, and mood challenges.