Carly Makie-Bennett , LCSW

Carly Makie-Bennett is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship concerns. She brings eight years of professional experience and aims to create a respectful, compassionate environment for curious and hesitant clients alike.

Carly tailors conversations and care to each person’s situation. She helps people build confidence, address low self-esteem, and manage career or workplace challenges. She also supports people navigating life changes and moments of feeling stuck.

Clients often bring issues like body image concerns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, or loneliness. Carly listens for patterns that get in the way and offers practical ways to cope. She works on communication problems and supports people exploring life purpose or midlife transitions.

Because she lists Women’s issues among her focus areas, she is familiar with the kinds of pressures many women describe. Carly approaches these topics with sensitivity and without judgment. She encourages small, manageable steps toward goals that matter to the client.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on what helps in daily life. Carly adjusts pace and strategies based on feedback and progress. Her practice aims to help people feel more in control and more able to handle stressors as they arise.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building new habits. For example, an approach that focuses on identifying and challenging anxious or negative thoughts helps people reduce worry and improve daily functioning. Another common method emphasizes skill-building and behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping with stress, social situations, or workplace challenges. These methods help with anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship communication.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels most useful. Clients help shape which strategies are kept or modified as progress is reviewed together.

Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls let people read facial expression and tone, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing thoughts between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, parenting schedules, or busy routines while keeping continuity of care.