Carolyn Serie
Practical support for parenting and life stressors
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Carolyn
Carolyn Serie is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and parenting challenges. Carolyn aims to make the first step easier by offering steady support and clear, practical guidance.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. She creates an open space where clients can talk about hard feelings without judgment. Conversations focus on what is most pressing and on simple steps to reduce distress and improve daily life.
Background and approach
Carolyn draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address depression, anger, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also attends to caregiver strain, codependency, family problems, and issues related to domestic violence and fertility. Her work includes support for hospice and end-of-life counseling and topics often faced by women and young adults.
Sessions can help people build coping skills, work through painful memories, and repair strained relationships. Carolyn emphasizes practical tools and steady pacing so progress feels manageable. She meets people where they are and moves at a pace that feels safe.
Located in Minnesota, she practices in English and offers services that adapt to each person’s needs. Carolyn focuses on clear communication and dependable support as clients navigate life changes and emotional challenges.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
The practice uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on skills training to manage anxiety and stress through breathing, grounding, and behavior changes to reduce overwhelm. This helps people who struggle with daily anxiety or intense stress responses.Another focus is trauma-informed work that gently helps people process painful memories and reduce their impact on current life. This approach uses gradual pacing and safety planning so clients can face difficult material in manageable steps.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Carolyn works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjusts methods as progress unfolds. She emphasizes teamwork so the plan fits the client's needs and pace.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue care from home or work. The variety of options supports different comfort levels and communication styles while keeping the focus on practical progress and consistent support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Carolyn
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