- Client-centered focus
- Practical strategies
- Geriatric experience
About Carole
Carole Kaufman is a licensed independent social worker with twenty years of practice experience. She builds a warm, trusting connection that helps people feel heard and understood. Carole focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier in daily life.
Carole returned to counseling after retirement from private practice and work at a major health system, where she worked in inpatient geriatric and adult psychiatry. That background informs how she approaches issues that come with aging, chronic illness, and sudden health changes. She also brings experience supporting people facing grief, life transitions, and caregiver stress.
Her work draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person’s experience and choices, and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses solution-focused and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the situation. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and doable strategies, alongside exploring patterns that shape feelings and relationships.
Carole has a special interest in parenting concerns, the pressures of the sandwich generation, and maternal and child health topics. She also helps people with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating and body concerns, bipolar disorder, and issues around self-esteem and life purpose.
She holds an Ohio LISW, and conducts therapy in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connects people with her according to availability.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s experience at the center of the session. The therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to help them find what matters most. This approach is useful for people who want to build self-understanding and make choices that fit their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on patterns of thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses clear, practical tools such as behavioral experiments, activity planning, and thought records to reduce anxiety, depression, and worry. These tools can be adapted to work in an online conversation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has and hasn’t helped in the past. That conversation guides whether more client-centered listening, CBT strategies, or psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas are used.
Confirm the available session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and offer flexible check-ins. Different ways of meeting can allow shorter check-ins, longer therapy blocks, or sessions that fit around caregiving and work obligations.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does Carole focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, eating issues, parenting concerns, relationship and family problems, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is person-centered and collaborative, with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral work and occasional psychodynamic and solution-focused techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has twenty years of professional experience, including inpatient geriatric and adult psychiatry work at a major health system and time in private practice.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds an OH LISW and provides services based in Ohio.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with Carole?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.