- Client-centered care
- Practical coping skills
- Relationship focus
About Carrie
Carrie Gajowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, life changes, and relationship harm. She also provides support around LGBT matters, self-esteem, and feeling isolated. Her tone is direct and practical for people ready to make a change.
Carrie focuses on creating a calm, respectful space to talk through painful experiences. She listens without judgment and helps clients name what they need. Sessions are aimed at helping people feel more grounded and clear about next steps.
Her approach blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and acceptance-based techniques. She uses ideas from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice patterns, shift unhelpful thoughts, and try small, manageable changes. She also draws on psychodynamic and existential perspectives when useful to explore deeper life meaning and patterns from the past.
With seven years of clinical work, Carrie has supported people dealing with emotional and narcissistic abuse, trauma-related stress, codependency, and communication problems. She pays attention to shame, guilt, and difficulties around sexuality and non-monogamous relationships.
She works in California as an LMFT and conducts sessions in English. The focus is on practical steps that fit each person’s life, helping them move toward relationships and days that feel safer and more fulfilling.
Approaches that translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and accepting a person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and build their own answers over time. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches ways to notice difficult thoughts and take values-based actions despite them. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That may mean using more skills-based exercises some weeks and deeper reflection in others.
Confirm available session formats before booking, since this profile does not list them explicitly. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier - for example, shorter check-ins between appointments, sessions that avoid travel time, or meetings that work around work and caregiving schedules. Talk with the therapist about what will best fit your routine and comfort so sessions are practical and helpful.
Areas of expertise
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Carrie commonly address?
Carrie supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship harm, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues like self-esteem, loneliness, sexuality, and trauma-related symptoms.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct, centered on listening and helping clients find clear next steps. She blends empathic, client-centered listening with practical skills and reflection.
What kinds of clinical approaches does she use?
She uses Client-Centered Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She may also draw on psychodynamic and existential ideas to explore deeper patterns when appropriate.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and Arizona and practices in California. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. Check available choices when you schedule.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Carrie?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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