Carisa Givens, LPC
Narrative-minded counselor focusing on life transitions
Details
| Name | Carisa Givens |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas, Oregon |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Carisa
Carisa Givens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who practices with a narrative focus. She draws on 12 years of clinical experience to help people handle stress, anxiety, grief, career shifts, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Carisa speaks English and Spanish and works with a wide range of life issues in clear, straightforward language.
Her approach centers on listening to the story each person brings and noticing how that story shapes feelings and choices.
Background and approach
She blends narrative ideas with acceptance and commitment tools, client-centered methods, and practical cognitive-behavioral techniques. This mix helps people rethink unhelpful patterns while building small, doable changes. Carisa commonly supports clients facing family and blended-family challenges, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and grief or end-of-life concerns.
She also works with people coping with depression, bipolar symptoms, anger, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and loneliness. Topics such as codependency, commitment worries, communication problems, and guilt or shame are part of her regular practice. Sessions emphasize respect, simplicity, and collaboration.
Carisa aims to reduce stigma and focus on strengths people already have. She describes therapy as a team process where goals and methods are adjusted to fit each person’s life. Practical matters are handled plainly: sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Carisa uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and she accepts international clients alongside those in Texas.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Grief among the things Carisa works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Carisa among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Carisa directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Carisa directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused approaches work online
Carisa often combines Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered techniques. Narrative Therapy helps people look at the stories they tell about themselves and find alternative ways to describe their experiences, which can ease shame and open up new choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match personal values. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, validation, and building rapport so people feel heard and respected.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Carisa treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help you choose methods that fit your goals, needs, and daily life. She adjusts strategies over time based on what is helpful and what feels workable for you.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter audio check-in makes more sense. Live chat and text-based messaging can support short check-ins, journaling prompts, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, career changes, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, depression, bipolar symptoms, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, focused on listening to your story and using narrative, acceptance and commitment, client-centered, and cognitive-behavioral ideas to guide practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working with a range of life and relationship issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed as an LPC in Texas and Oregon while practicing from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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