Carisa Givens, LPC

Carisa Givens, LPC, uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety. She combines clear strategies with a warm, interactive style to make sessions feel productive and relatable. Many clients come for help with work stress, grief, relationship strain, or parenting challenges. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and Carisa practices as a licensed professional in Texas.

With 12 years of experience, she draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and actions. She also uses client-centered and mindfulness techniques to help people notice what matters most and stay present. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools are used to connect values with small, doable steps forward.

Carisa often helps people facing family and blended family issues, caregiver stress, loneliness, or the fallout from past family dynamics. She supports people working through career transitions, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, and the day-to-day strain of parenting. Grief, depression, and bipolar mood concerns are also listed among her focus areas.

Her work favors straightforward conversation, goal-setting, and skills practice. She pays attention to communication patterns, boundaries, commitment questions, and problems with control or codependency. Clients can expect a collaborative plan that reflects their needs and pace.

Carisa asks people to describe what matters to them in early sessions so she can tailor the work. She welcomes international clients and offers services in Spanish for bilingual speakers. If someone wants a coach-like focus instead of traditional therapy, she can shift toward coaching-style conversations when appropriate.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Carisa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people name their values and take small, meaningful steps even when anxiety or stress gets in the way. ACT often focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing behavior that matches what matters most.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for sleep problems, anxiety, depression, and stress that comes from work or relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carisa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts the plan as people try strategies and report what helps or doesn’t help.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Many people find that online work makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, to check in during a lunch break, or to do short skills-practice between appointments. Talking through goals, trying brief at-home exercises, and reviewing homework can all be handled effectively in remote sessions when that option is available.