Carly Anne Lockowitz

Carly Anne Lockowitz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping adults manage intense emotions and unstable mood patterns. She works with people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and low self-esteem. Carly uses a warm, straightforward style in sessions to help clients learn practical skills.

With nine years of experience, Carly emphasizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy, using core DBT skills like interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness. She integrates these skills into conversations so clients can practice strategies they can use between sessions. Carly also brings a trauma-informed perspective when trauma or abuse is part of the story.

Her approach centers on collaboration. Carly builds on individual strengths and helps people set small, realistic goals. Sessions focus on skill-building, problem solving, and clearer communication to reduce conflict and impulsive reactions.

She supports people dealing with life changes, relationship strain, anger, compassion fatigue, and challenges tied to attachment or body image. Carly also works with mood disorders including bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns, and with issues like dissociation, emptiness, and guilt.

Carly aims to make therapy practical and down-to-earth. She helps clients develop tools for everyday moments, from calming intense feelings to repairing communication. The goal is steady progress toward more manageable days and better relationships.

How Carly’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful listening and helping people find their own solutions. It involves open conversation, reflective feedback, and building trust to guide decision making and self-awareness.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. These skills are useful for managing intense feelings, reducing impulsive actions, and improving communication in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carly works together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. That collaborative process includes trying skills, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing easier breaks during a workday, and making it simpler to check in after a difficult moment. Online sessions can also support continued skill practice between meetings and make it easier to bring real-life examples into conversation.