Carole Kaufman , LISW

Carole Kaufman, LISW, focuses on helping women facing stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She writes and talks plainly, listening first to understand each person’s immediate needs. Sessions are paced to fit busy lives and to address practical concerns like parenting, caregiver stress, and midlife changes.

Carole brings twenty years of social work experience and a background in inpatient geriatric and adult psychiatry. She previously worked at the Cleveland Clinic and ran a private practice before stepping back and now returning to counseling. Her clinical work includes a year of post-graduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy, and she also draws on client-centered, psychodynamic, and solution-focused approaches.

In sessions she helps people name what feels most urgent and then tries small, doable steps to make things feel more manageable. That can mean trying new ways to handle anxiety, setting clearer boundaries, or planning short experiments to break unhelpful patterns. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver strain, and issues tied to aging.

Carole pays attention to family of origin patterns and attachment concerns that keep repeating across relationships. She works with people on eating and food-related issues, codependency, and the shame and guilt that often follow loss or fertility struggles. Work on career and life purpose is offered alongside coping strategies for bipolar mood swings and compassion fatigue.

Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people located in Ohio. The focus is practical change combined with respectful, steady listening to personal history and daily realities.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and offering empathy and support. It helps people who need a steady listener and a place to sort out feelings and priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is about spotting patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes and can lead to clear, step-by-step practices between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy or complex schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in, get brief coaching, or continue work between longer appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other commitments.