Carisa Givens , LPC

Carisa Givens is a Texas-based Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, career challenges, and major life changes. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor - a professional license indicating she provides therapeutic services - and she offers care in both English and Spanish.

She works with individuals and families dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and blended family concerns, sleep difficulties, anger and self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder and depression, caregiver stress and compassion fatigue, and questions around identity and LGBT matters. Her practice also addresses attachment and family of origin issues, codependency and control problems, commitment and communication challenges, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, and end-of-life and hospice related counseling.

Carisa brings a warm, interactive style that emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Her work combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing, with treatment tailored to each person’s unique needs and goals. She frames therapy as a collaborative process that aims to empower clients to make meaningful, manageable changes in their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages clients to clarify personal values and take committed action toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and navigating major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to improve mood and functioning; it is often effective for depression, anxiety, and sleep difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and a nonjudgmental stance that helps clients explore their experience and build self-understanding and self-acceptance.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work, and Carisa Givens, LPC, collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances. That collaborative process allows adjustments over time so therapy remains aligned with the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions may occur by video call or phone, or through live chat and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support into a busy life or to connect across distances. These options expand access to licensed professionals and allow consistent, ongoing work toward personal goals without the need for in-person visits.