Caryn Vandergriff, LPC

Caryn Vandergriff is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Georgia with four years of clinical experience. She focuses on addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD. Caryn works with people who are navigating identity questions, workplace stress, and the fallout of difficult life events.

Her approach centers on straightforward conversation and practical strategies. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to test new ways of responding. Client-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy are part of her practice for people who want a calmer, more grounded way to manage symptoms.

Caryn often supports people facing co-occurring problems, such as substance use alongside mood disorders. She also helps those dealing with dissociation, feelings of emptiness, and communication problems. First responder issues and coping after natural or human-caused disasters are areas she has worked with as well.

She attends to identity-related concerns including gender dysphoria and questions about sexuality and kink, without judgment. Caryn also works with people who have intellectual disability or who identify on the autism spectrum, focusing on clear, concrete goals and pacing.

Practical tools and short-term skills work are common in sessions. She combines motivational interviewing when people want help changing behaviors with narrative therapy to make sense of life events. Clients can expect direct discussion of goals and straightforward next steps between meetings.

How Caryn uses structured approaches in online sessions