Carrie Cohen , LCSW

Carrie Cohen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with a broad background in helping children, adults and families navigate difficult life challenges. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and completed a Master of Social Work at Florida International University. Over two decades of work in the nonprofit sector shaped her experience supporting individuals across a wide range of concerns and age groups, and she has supervised both therapists and program directors during her career.

Her clinical work has been complemented by sustained involvement in continuous quality improvement and quality assurance, roles that focused on making sure services were effective, efficient and aligned with best practice standards. That systems perspective informs her approach to therapy - she believes there is no single right way to treat everyone, and that interventions should be monitored and adjusted to meet each person’s unique needs.

Carrie brings a warm, down-to-earth manner to sessions while also maintaining clear, practical thinking. She favors solution-focused strategies and draws on techniques from several proven approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, client-centered methods and holistic perspectives. Her style balances empathy with sensible, goal-oriented work, and she often uses a touch of humor to ease the process.

Areas of specialty include stress, anxiety, parenting, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. She also brings focused experience in adoption and foster care, first responder issues, impulsivity, isolation and mood-related concerns.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person from their own perspective, offering empathy, unconditional regard and collaboration to help clients explore values and make meaningful choices. It supports people facing relationship challenges, life transitions and questions of identity by prioritizing the client's experience and goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, skills-based approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress management and mood-related concerns by teaching strategies for coping and problem solving.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines acceptance and change strategies, emphasizing emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. It can be helpful for intense emotions, impulsivity and relationship difficulties by offering concrete skills for managing overwhelming moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carrie collaborates with each person to consider their needs, goals and preferences, tailoring methods and adjusting strategies over time so the work remains aligned with what is most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access care from home or work. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent, goal-oriented support while adapting the pace and tools to each person's situation.