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Carol Harris

Carol Harris

Therapist · New York

Calm practical therapy for life transitions

  • Focus on relationships
  • Help with grief and trauma
  • Support for stress

About Carol

Carol Harris is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, and relationship or parenting struggles. Her work also covers money and financial issues when they affect a person’s mental health and daily life.

Carol draws on several practical approaches to therapy. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act on values despite painful thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ways of working shape sessions so people feel heard and understood.

She has worked with a wide range of adults, including older clients and people coping with medical conditions. Carol combines steady support with straightforward tools for handling stress, addiction, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. She understands how health, caregiving, and financial strain can interact with mood and relationships.

Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s needs. Carol offers coaching-style help for career and practical problems alongside deeper therapy for longstanding issues like attachment or trauma. Her style is patient and direct, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day challenges while building more stable long-term patterns.

Carol practices from New York and conducts therapy in English. To begin, readers are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule a first appointment.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and then practicing different responses; it suits worries, mood problems, and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build more secure ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Sessions tend to be a collaboration where techniques are adjusted over time rather than a fixed plan imposed at the start.

Confirm the specific session options before booking to learn what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow quieter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try different ways of working with a licensed professional from wherever they are located, which can make ongoing support more manageable alongside work, caregiving, or health demands.

Areas of focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesDepressionStress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingADHD
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

Carol works with people coping with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, parenting and relationship issues. She also supports those dealing with addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and money and financial issues when they affect mental health.

What is Carol's general therapeutic style?

Her sessions blend practical tools and empathic listening. She uses a mix of approaches to help people change unhelpful habits and manage strong emotions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 25 years of clinical experience working with ethnically diverse adults and older clients, including people with medical conditions.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from New York.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with this therapist?

International clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are supported for a given appointment.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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