Carrie Deese , LCSW

Carrie Deese is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She has five years of clinical experience and a master’s degree in social work. Carrie focuses on supporting people through difficult life moments with a direct, compassionate style.

Carrie helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, domestic violence, first responder stress, narcissistic dynamics, postpartum depression, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, sexual assault and abuse, workplace problems, young adult issues, and women’s issues. Sessions aim to be practical and down to earth.

Her approach is interactive and strengths-focused. Carrie draws on cognitive behavioral ideas, motivational interviewing, and attachment perspectives to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. She also has experience using play and art-based techniques when those fit the person’s needs.

In sessions she offers straightforward conversations and collaborative planning. She listens for what matters most, then helps set small goals and steps that feel doable. Her style emphasizes respect for each person’s story and steady support through change.

People can expect focused sessions that look at real-life challenges and build practical skills. Carrie works by coaching, reflecting, and practicing skills together so progress can happen between meetings.

How evidence-based approaches translate online

Evidence-based techniques Carrie uses include cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing. Cognitive behavioral ideas focus on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Motivational interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings and increases motivation to try changes that matter to them.

She also draws on attachment perspectives to look at how early relationship patterns show up now and to practice different ways of relating. Each approach is described and tried together so the client can see what fits. The therapist will work with the person to choose or blend methods based on needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.

Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for longer conversations and exercises, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, childcare, or health needs.