Carie Brown , LSCSW

Carie Brown is a licensed social worker who uses a client-centered approach to support people through stress, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. She brings 19 years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Carie is known for listening closely and helping clients set clear, doable goals. Carie earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Fort Hays State University and a Master of Social Work from Newman University in Wichita. She has worked in hospital and community mental health settings, gaining experience with mood disorders, substance-related concerns, and trauma. Her background also includes work connected to adoption and foster care and issues that commonly affect women. In practice she blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. That means conversations focus on what matters most to the client, while developing concrete skills for managing symptoms like panic, depression, or impulsivity. She also uses EMDR when trauma memories are a central concern. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Carie helps people break problems into smaller steps, build coping tools, and track progress over time. She also addresses parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, and the emotional impact of divorce or family-of-origin wounds. Carie holds a Kansas Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker credential, KS LSCSW. She provides care in English and offers a variety of session formats to fit different schedules and needs.

Approaches for online care and practical change

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's lead, clarifies what matters most, and helps set personal goals to guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In remote sessions CBT is used to teach concrete coping skills for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and impulsivity, with homework and step-by-step practice between meetings. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that helps reduce the intensity of painful memories. When used online, EMDR sessions include guided processing and pacing suited to the individuals needs. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match techniques to a person's goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. Together they try methods, check what helps, and adjust the plan over time. Online care offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face work and shared exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps keep continuity between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into everyday life.