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Carrie Ellis, LMHC

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Carrie

Carrie Ellis is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, self-esteem, and ADHD.

Background and approach

With five years of clinical experience, she brings a warm, interactive style that emphasizes respect and compassion while partnering with clients to pursue meaningful change. Her work blends client-centered and attachment-based principles with cognitive-behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness practices, and EMDR.

This combination supports both practical skill-building and deeper processing of painful memories or relational patterns. Carrie also brings specialized training related to adoption and foster care, parent-child interaction approaches, and trauma-informed interventions.

Clients can expect a collaborative process in which therapist and client set goals, try interventions suited to the person’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. Carrie frames growth as an active, courageous process and offers steady encouragement while helping clients build coping strategies and strengthen self-understanding.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Carrie frequently uses attachment-based work to explore how early relationships shape current connection patterns and emotional responses; this approach can be helpful for people struggling with trust, family dynamics, or attachment-related stress. She also employs cognitive-behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety, stress, and self-esteem concerns. When trauma symptoms are present, EMDR can be incorporated to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Carrie works with each person to consider their goals, life context, and treatment preferences, adjusting methods as needed so the plan fits the individual rather than imposing a single model.

Online therapy with Carrie is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to enhance flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and try different communication styles to see what feels most effective for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Carrie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self-esteem struggles, and ADHD, plus related areas such as attachment difficulties and caregiver stress.
What is Carrie’s therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is warm and interactive and integrates client-centered and attachment-based methods with cognitive-behavioral, DBT, mindfulness, and EMDR techniques to balance skill-building and deeper processing.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with a range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship and parenting challenges, OCD, and ADHD.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Carrie is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with credential FL LMHC MH19019 and practices from that state.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
She offers multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Fees vary by location and therapist availability and services are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteemADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposePost-traumatic stressSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English