Dr. Carrie Willey

Dr. Carrie Willey is a counselor with more than three decades of clinical experience. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and has worked in a range of treatment settings. She often brings structured, practical work into sessions and gives focused assignments people can use between meetings.

Her background includes work at The Meadows treatment facility and leadership at Shades of Hope, a program that focuses on addictions and eating disorders. She has provided assessments and treatment in tribal settings through Indian Health Services and has long experience with trauma, addiction, grief, and mood concerns.

In the therapy room she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people notice patterns and test new habits. She also uses somatic approaches influenced by Peter Levine to help people reconnect with bodily signals after trauma or overwhelming stress.

She favors concrete steps and homework that helps clients practice new skills between sessions. She looks for strengths to build on and focuses on reducing behaviors that keep people stuck. This practical emphasis is meant to move people toward more manageable daily routines and clearer choices.

Outside of work she is an avid cyclist and often speaks about how activity and rhythm support emotional regulation. Her spiritual outlook is broad and nonreligious, and she welcomes exploring meaning alongside problem-solving work.

How specific approaches work in online care

Many of the methods Dr. Willey uses lend themselves to focused online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks worries and behaviors into small parts so people can try new responses between sessions; it helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns like anger or compulsive eating. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication skills that clients can practice in daily life. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily signals and gentle movement or breath work to help release stress held in the body.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice can change as issues evolve and as people try different tools in real life.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how meetings are delivered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. They also let people practice skills in the settings where those skills are used, and assignments between sessions support steady progress.