About Carole
Carole Sandusky is an Illinois-licensed clinician (LCPC) with 17 years of professional experience offering support for a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, anger, sleep difficulties, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and various relationship and identity issues.
Background and approach
She also addresses areas such as attachment difficulties, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, body image, communication and control problems, and other overlapping concerns that affect daily functioning and wellbeing.
Her therapeutic stance centers on respect for the client's perspective and strengths, pairing client-centered listening with evidence-informed methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Attachment-Based approaches. Carole emphasizes collaboration and practical skill-building, helping clients clarify values, develop coping strategies, and make intentional changes that align with their goals.
She frames therapy as a courageous step toward growth and offers steady support and guidance throughout the process. Working in Illinois and conducting sessions in English, she accepts international clients and adapts her approach to meet the needs and preferences of each person seeking help.
Online Approaches That Meet You Where You Are
Carole integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with practical behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. ACT helps clients clarify personal values and take committed action despite difficult thoughts or feelings, supporting work on stress, motivation, and coping with life changes.Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic process and happens collaboratively. The therapist listens to the client's goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities, then recommends methods and adapts techniques so the work fits the client rather than the other way around. This partnership helps tailor interventions for issues such as grief, trauma, anger, or caregiving stress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule or to connect from another region. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent support, teach coping skills, and guide behavior change while accommodating clients' preferences and access needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English