Carrie Catterson-Fitzmaurice, LSCSW, LCSW
Practical support for parenting and life challenges
Book with Carrie- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LSCSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas, California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Carrie
Carrie Catterson-Fitzmaurice is a licensed social worker in Kansas with 14 years of experience. She brings practical, hands-on care to parents and individuals facing everyday stresses. Her approach is straightforward and down-to-earth.
She invites honesty and a bit of humor in sessions to make difficult conversations easier. Carrie focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood changes, addiction concerns, and parenting challenges. She uses clear, goal-oriented methods so clients know what to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations often center on small, doable steps that can change daily routines and family life. Her style blends solution-focused work with cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing. That means she helps people identify immediate goals, test simple changes, and reframe unhelpful thoughts.
Sessions are practical and rooted in real-life situations, not abstract theory. Clients can expect a relaxed tone and respect for different lifestyles and values. Carrie encourages self-awareness and plans that fit each person’s situation.
She pays attention to communication problems, feelings of emptiness, and life-purpose concerns that often sit behind parenting stress. In time-limited work she focuses on what changes will help most right now. For longer-term struggles like trauma, grief, or bipolar mood management she works collaboratively to build steady coping skills.
Carrie supports people through transitions, seasonal mood shifts, and moments when old habits no longer work.
What Carrie works with
Everything Carrie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Carrie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
Approaches Carrie lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. Sessions focus on drawing out a person’s values and small steps toward goals. This approach is useful for addictions, making behavior changes, and increasing commitment to parenting plans.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, addresses patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way. It teaches simple skills to test unhelpful thoughts and build new routines. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related habits, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress and challenges become clearer.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow a fuller, face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, brief coaching, or times when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and unpredictable days.
Questions people ask about Carrie
What concerns does Carrie address related to parenting?
She helps with parenting stress, communication problems, family problems, and the strain of managing behavior and routines.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions blend solution-focused techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and motivational interviewing to set goals and try practical changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working in social work settings and community care.
Where is Carrie licensed and based?
She holds KS LSCSW and CA LCSW credentials and practices from Kansas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does the subscription and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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