- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Carri
Carri Wilson is a licensed professional counselor with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping parents and caregivers who feel overwhelmed by family stress, grief, behavior challenges, or changing roles. She speaks plainly and works to make therapy practical and doable for busy people.
Many years in schools gave her hands-on experience with children who have ADHD, autism, emotional disturbances, and behavior concerns. She advised parents on behavior strategies and helped set up education plans like IEPs and 504 accommodations.
Background and approach
That background means she often explains options clearly and suggests manageable steps parents can try at home. Carri also spent nearly two decades helping adults with relationship strains, self-esteem, and domestic violence issues. Over the last 15 years she completed family evaluations for custody, adoption, and guardianship situations.
That work added experience in navigating courts and community agencies while focusing on what families actually need to function better. Her approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused methods. She works with thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and helps clients set small, clear goals.
Sessions aim to be encouraging, warm, and practical so people can use new tools between meetings. Carri understands the stress of caregiving, including caring for aging parents and facing end-of-life concerns. She also addresses grief, postpartum depression, trauma, bipolar and mood concerns, and common family problems.
Her style is to empower people to make decisions that fit their lives.
What Carri works with
Everything Carri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Carri helps people with.
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
Approaches Carri lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit family and parenting needs
Carri uses client-centered therapy to listen closely and respond to what matters most to each person. This approach focuses on understanding the parent's or caregiver's perspective, building trust, and guiding decisions that feel right for their family.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress related to parenting and caregiving.
Solution-focused therapy is another tool she uses to set short-term, achievable goals. This method is helpful when parents want fast, practical steps to manage behavior, routines, or specific conflicts at home.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. She will collaborate with clients to choose strategies that match their needs, goals, and personal preferences rather than prescribing a single method.
Online therapy formats offer flexible ways to keep therapy consistent. Video calls let people meet face to face when discussing detailed family dynamics. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit support into a busy parenting schedule.
Questions people ask about Carri
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with parenting challenges, family stress, grief, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and stress, trauma and abuse, anger, ADHD, and relationship conflict.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is encouraging, warm, and practical. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to set concrete goals and change behaviors.
What is her background in counseling?
She has 24 years of experience, including many years working in education and 15 years conducting family evaluations in custody, adoption, and guardianship cases.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available online?
She meets using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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