Carol Mackiewicz
Creative-centered counselor for everyday change
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Carol
Carol Mackiewicz is a licensed mental health counselor who combines creative practice with talk therapy to help people make changes they want. She uses art-making alongside conversation so clients can notice feelings, practice self-soothing, and build confidence. Sessions do not require any art skill and are aimed at practical steps a person can use between meetings.
Carol holds a Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling and has eleven years of professional experience.
Background and approach
In sessions Carol guides the art process and talks through what comes up. She offers structure and verbal processing while clients use materials to explore emotions and goals. This approach can be helpful for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, and coping with life changes.
Carol also works with people facing trauma, postpartum concerns, mood disorders, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Painting and an MA in Art Therapy and Counseling. She combines art-based activities with client-centered therapy techniques to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs.
Carol emphasizes a nonjudgmental atmosphere where expression matters more than artistic skill. Clients can expect practical tools to use outside sessions, such as grounding exercises and ways to notice patterns. The focus is on building small, sustainable practices that support coping and clearer decision-making.
Carol practices in Massachusetts and holds the LMHC credential. She invites people curious about art and therapy to explore change in a hands-on way. The work emphasizes personal choice, simple skills for calming, and steps toward the life someone wants.
Client-centered and creative approaches for online sessions
Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own goals and experience. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and supports clients in finding their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs clearer direction, emotional support, or space to make decisions.Art-based work pairs creative materials with conversation. Even without prior art skills, using simple drawing or collage can surface feelings that are hard to name. This method can assist with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting questions, and life transitions by offering new ways to reflect and practice calming techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. Carol will help figure out which combination of talking and art feels most useful based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The work is collaborative and adjusted as progress happens.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. People can use video when they want face-to-face contact, or messaging and chat for shorter check-ins and reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work routines and to continue consistent practice over time.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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