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Dr. Carrie Allen, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Stress and anxiety
See online therapy options- CBT based work
- Values focused ACT
- Attachment perspective
About Carrie
Dr. Carrie Allen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career challenges, and life changes. She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and issues connected to ADHD.
Dr. Allen uses a practical approach that recognizes a person knows their own story. She focuses on thoughts, habits, and small changes that alter day-to-day functioning. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the methods she uses to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of responding.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to look at values, emotional patterns, and relationship dynamics. Sessions often include noticing reactions, trying specific coping skills, and setting short experiments between meetings. The aim is to create clearer choices when stress or strong emotions make thinking hard.
Dr. Allen has worked with clients across common life transitions and high-stress roles, including first responder issues and caregiver strain. Her background supports practical problem solving for divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, and health-related stress such as cancer and comorbidity.
People who choose her can expect straightforward, skill-focused sessions that emphasize building small, repeatable changes. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to review goals and options.
How Dr. Allen applies CBT and related approaches online
Dr. Allen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. CBT sessions focus on clear, action-oriented steps such as tracking patterns, practicing coping skills, and setting brief between-session experiments that build new habits.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and encourage committed action even when emotions are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to examine relational patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions. Each approach is explained in plain terms so clients can choose what feels useful.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Allen works collaboratively with clients to weigh goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands, and then tries methods that align with those needs. This is adjusted over time based on what is most helpful.
Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. They also support continuity during life changes and allow work on skills in the settings where problems happen most often.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, career issues, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in sessions?
CBT is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, try practical skills in session, and set small experiments to test new ways of responding between meetings.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience working with people facing trauma, stress, career transitions, and related concerns.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She holds an LPC credential in Texas and practices with a focus on clients based in that state.
In what language are sessions conducted?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to discuss goals and next steps.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.