Carolyn Westgate , LCPC

Carolyn Westgate, LCPC, offers steady, practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and parenting strain. She speaks plainly and listens with attention to what matters most to each person.

She draws on 22 years of experience in clinical work and program leadership to shape individualized care. That experience guides how she adapts methods to a person’s needs instead of using one fixed approach. Sessions focus on concrete steps people can use between appointments as well as the problems they bring into the room.

Her work includes help for relationship conflict, grief, self-esteem struggles, career stress, and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, blended family questions, caregiver stress, first responder concerns, and substance use challenges.

Carolyn uses a mix of approaches that can include cognitive behavioral techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, solution-focused strategies, client-centered work, and trauma-focused methods. That mix is used to match goals like reducing panic, managing mood symptoms, improving communication, or coping with loss.

People who prefer talking by phone or video, or who like text-based check-ins, can work with her in those formats. She practices in Kansas and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people follow the site's matching process to schedule a first appointment.

Online approaches that fit everyday life

Carolyn commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or anxiety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-guided steps even when feelings are difficult.

Choosing the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and try methods that match what you want to change. If something doesn’t fit, she will suggest alternatives and adapt the plan as you go.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video lets you have a fuller conversation; phone works well when bandwidth is limited or you need a quicker check-in; messaging and live chat allow shorter, focused exchanges between appointments. These options help people balance work, parenting, and other demands while continuing regular care.