About Carol
Carol Wood is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 29 years of experience. She helps people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support for anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her approach is straightforward and calm.
She uses mindfulness practices to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small changes that can make things feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Carol has long worked in community and clinical settings in California. Her past roles include board work with local mental health organizations and program contracts delivering therapy services in community health and youth settings. She also spent many years in customer service, which shaped her ability to stay grounded with people under stress.
In sessions she offers practical tools and optional between-session exercises for people who want them. She mentions giving homework when clients prefer extra work between meetings and often includes mindfulness skills into regular sessions. She helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, grief, trauma, addictions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Carol works with individuals and couples to address communication problems, codependency, workplace issues, life purpose, and feelings of isolation. People who want a therapist who mixes practical techniques with mindful awareness may find her style a good fit. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through several online formats to suit different needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Carol uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that contribute to distress and to try small behavior changes that reduce symptoms. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day problems. Mindfulness Therapy is another strand of her work and focuses on training attention and awareness so difficult feelings and urges feel less overwhelming. Mindfulness can help with anxiety, grief, chronic stress, and impulse struggles.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carol will discuss your goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps you make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation when that feels important. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief, written check-ins between calls or for people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting schedules, and busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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