About Carolyne
Carolyne Cole is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Florida. She brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
Carolyne aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can speak openly and work toward practical change. Her approach centers on collaborating with each person to build on their strengths.
She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Emotionally-focused ideas guide work on connection and intimacy, while mindfulness practices help people notice and steady strong feelings.
Carolyne also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy to explore what matters most and to support meaningful goals. Sessions typically focus on clear, achievable steps so progress feels manageable.
She pays attention to life transitions, relationship difficulties, and issues such as caregiver stress, aging concerns, and family of origin problems. People who choose her often want a therapist who listens without judgment and helps them try practical tools between sessions.
She frames therapy as a partnership where the client’s experience leads the work. Carolyne offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Carolyne practices in English and works with adults on a range of concerns including career strain, grief and end-of-life matters, and coping with loneliness. She is licensed in Florida as an LMFT.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Carolyne uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small changes in behavior. That approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress because it breaks problems into specific patterns you can practice changing.She also integrates emotionally-focused ideas to help people better understand and name strong feelings, and to improve how they connect with important people in their lives. Mindfulness therapy is part of her work as well, teaching simple practices to steady attention and reduce reactivity during difficult moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Carolyne will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then try methods that fit the client’s needs. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts techniques based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps track progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent work toward goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English