- Warm and approachable
- Practical skill building
- Collaborative process
About Carol
Dr. Carol Schmidt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and self esteem struggles. She also supports people facing relationship and family tensions, parenting stress, career questions, ADHD, and major life changes. Her approach is warm and approachable, and she aims to make sessions feel practical and doable for busy lives.
With a Master of Social Work from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from USC, she brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. She draws on a small set of guiding methods to keep things clear and focused. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to patterns that keep problems going.
Her practice uses client-centered techniques that focus on each person’s needs and perspective. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Psychodynamic perspectives are used to look at repeated patterns that affect current relationships and feelings.
In sessions she helps people name their stressors, build coping skills, and set realistic steps forward. She pays attention to how emotions and life events affect daily functioning. The work often includes short-term problem solving and longer conversations about meaning and life direction.
People who want a collaborative therapist who balances practical tools with deeper reflection may find her approach a good fit. She works in English and practices in California as an LCSW.
With a Master of Social Work from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from USC, she brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. She draws on a small set of guiding methods to keep things clear and focused. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to patterns that keep problems going.
Her practice uses client-centered techniques that focus on each person’s needs and perspective. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Psychodynamic perspectives are used to look at repeated patterns that affect current relationships and feelings.
In sessions she helps people name their stressors, build coping skills, and set realistic steps forward. She pays attention to how emotions and life events affect daily functioning. The work often includes short-term problem solving and longer conversations about meaning and life direction.
People who want a collaborative therapist who balances practical tools with deeper reflection may find her approach a good fit. She works in English and practices in California as an LCSW.