- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Carla
Carla McGehee, LPC, uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, mood, and parenting concerns. She keeps sessions paced to the client and focuses on clear, usable strategies that people can try between meetings. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to make thoughts and emotions easier to talk about.
Sessions are 45 minutes and move at a client’s pace, with room to address new issues when they come up.
Background and approach
Feedback is invited so the plan can be adjusted as needed. Carla often helps people facing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, addiction-related coping, and life changes such as job loss. She pays attention to how spiritual beliefs may support healing and will include them when the client wants that.
She also works with concerns like ADHD, self-esteem, intimacy issues, and compassion fatigue. Her approach favors steady change over quick fixes. She helps clients notice unhelpful habits, mourn what is lost when change happens, and reimagine a future that feels manageable.
She avoids unnecessary probing and focuses on the goals agreed on together. Carla has practiced in Texas settings for over a decade, including community mental health work and outpatient counseling. Her style is direct but gentle, aiming for sessions that leave people feeling more hopeful and better able to handle what comes next.
What Carla works with
Everything Carla lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Carla helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carla lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Carla commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy concepts in sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying small experiments to change behavior; it can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. DBT offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness; it is useful for emotional control, coping with intense feelings, and reducing negative coping behaviors.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try approaches and adjust the plan based on what feels useful and doable for the client.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, reminders, and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving even when schedules change.
Questions people ask about Carla
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction-related coping, parenting concerns, and related issues like self-esteem and intimacy.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and paced to the client. She uses clear techniques from CBT and DBT to make thoughts and emotions easier to talk about.
What is her background and experience?
She has 13 years of counseling experience, including community mental health and outpatient settings, working with a wide variety of concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Texas LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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